hiya gary
your grandmother alice was previously married to pte 19118 robert cochrane,they lived at 7 franchise st,ardwick when he enlisted in the liverpool regt,they had three children,stanley,reginald,cyril and winifred,cyril died of pneumonia on 23-12-1916
robert was captured on 30-11-1917 and died of spanish flu in schneidemuhl hospital on 9-12-18,schneidemuhl was the last place your grandfather was interned
your grandfather was repatriated on 1-12-1918
married alice on 7th may 1919
emigrated to australia,arrived freemantle on the SS orama 13-12-1927
it was reported that your grandfather had been wounded in the shoulder when he was captured
his father frederick was a sales rep for the kay street spinning company.
your grandfather and his two sons leonard jnr and terence and his step son stanley all served in the australian army in WW2
leonard dawson snr,army number W18461
leonard jnr army number WX22940
terence army number WX23292
mack