4893 Pte Roger Irvine Newbound 5th Battalion

WW1 4893 Pte R. I. NEWBOUND, 5th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement, enlisted 16 February 1915, returned to Australia 12 May 1919.  Laboure, 21 years old and single at time of enlistment, 5'8", 142lb, 36" chest, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair in 1915.  

Just a few pages from his digitised records held at the National Archives of Australia.

Sadly a family member has defaced Rod's medals in the past but we plan to have them fully restored in the near future.  They have been proudly worn by his boys, his wife Doris and his great grandson Edward (currently serving in the RAN) in ANZAC Day marches.

LEST WE FORGET

John and Margaret Newbound's family

Siblings Bobby (Robert) b1929, Nancy b1932 and Kathleen Newbound b1931 barefoot in the 1930's.  Are they at Grandma's in Barnawartha?  This trio are the only children of John Thomas Newbound b1898 and Margaret Alison Tyrrell b1900.  

Sisters Kathleen and Nancy in Shepparton 1999.  

MORRISON - NEWBOUND Wedding

The Federal Standard, Friday, February 14, 1930 p2 c4 WEDDING – MORRISON – NEWBOUND

A pretty wedding took place at the Sacred Heart Church, Barnawartha, on Wednesday morning last, the contracting parties being Mary Florence, daughter of Mr Roger Newbound, of Barnawartha, and Mr John Gorman, son of Mr John Morrison of Myrtleford. The celebrant was the parish priest, Rev J Lawless. The bride was attired in white georgette with lace, wreath and veil, and carried a bouquet of pink water lillies. She was attended by two bridesmaids, Miss Jessie Newbound, (her sister) who wore pink lace, satin trimmings, hat to match and bouquet of water lillies;  and a niece in pink and  blue embroidered voile, blue tulle head covering with pink trimmings and pink posy. The bride was given away by her brother (Mr Roger Newbound) and the best man was Mr Kevin Morrison. The bridgeroom’s present to the bride was a string of pearls and to the bridesmaids strings of pearls and bracelets. At the conclusion of the ceremony the wedding party motored into Chiltern where they partook of breakfast at the Telegraph Hotel, the tables being handsomely decorated and the dejeuner served up in Host and Hostess Smyth’s best style. Father Lawless presided and felicitous speeches were delivered by Messrs Hoare, Tooley (Albury), Brown and others. Twenty-eight guests sat down to the repast,  and a very pleasant time was passed. The honeymoon is to be spent at Sydney and the Blue Mountains, and the journey thither was begun per motor amidst showers of confetti and good wishes. The bride’s travelling dress was blue, with biscuit trimmings and hat to match.

Jessie Newbound the bridesmaid, Elsie Newbound the other bridesmaid infront, the bride's father Rod (Irvin Roger) Newbound in light suit with a walking stick.

John and Margaret went on to raise a family of nine children; Kevin b1930, Margaret b1931, Nola b1933, Ian b1935, Brian b1938, Anne b1941, Ronald 1942, and twins John and Maureen b1951.  

A beautiful Pat Newbound turns 21

Patricia Elizabeth Newbound turned 21 in the mid 1950's.  She still has the same lovely smile.

Pat's aunt, uncle and cousins.

Ted (Edward) Newbound, George Newbound, Thelma Newbound (Beecham) and Clarrie (Clarence) Newbound.

Pat Newbound with her brother Keith Newbound

With her mum, dad and brothers

Les Newboud, Rene Newbound (Irene Tyrell), Keith Newbound, Pat Newbound  and Tom Newbound

George Newbound and Hushyles Image

This news item was published in the Adelaide Mail on Saturday the 23rd of April 1938.

George Newbound the day he left Barny to come to Adelaide on the his horse Hushyles Image who he bought over with him,  just before boarding train.  Info from Carolyn Wright

George and Mick (Arthur Belmore) Newbound outside the community hall ready to head to Adelade, driver Aubrey Beecham.

Twin Boys to finish the family

James and Thomas Newbound born 17 January 1940 to Rod and Doris Newbound at Wodonga District Hospital, the youngest of 11 children.  The family  lived opposite Barnawartha Public School, Rod was a fettler on the railway until he retired, while Doris did dressmaking for many around the district.

Tom, mum Doris and James in their backyard 1942

Jim, sister Dorothy (Dot) and Tom out the front of their Barnie home.

Roger John Newbound sentenced to death, or transportation to Sydney, Australia arriving 7th February 1837

For those who want to read the original court documents of our convict ancestor Roger John Newbound born 2nd December 1814 in a the village of March, in Cambridgeshire, England. 

Here is a transcription provided by Elaine Collier, one of our rellies in England. 

The King against Roger Newbound, late of March in this Isle Labourer.
For feloniously wickedly and against the Order of Nature with a certain mare and carnally knowing the said mare and committing and perpetrating with the said mare that detestable and abominable crime of buggery not to be named amongst Christians.
At March aforesaid on the fifteenth day of June last.
The Bill is returned. A true Bill.
The prisoner is arranged and pleads that he is Not Guilty.
The Jury sworn and charged are:
Names of the 12 jurors.
Who find by their verdict that the said Roger Newbound is Guilty of penetration.
And judgement of Death is thereupon recorded against him the said Roger Newbound

Rod and Doris and their family of 11

Roger Irvine Newbound b1893 marries Doris Elizabeth Stewart b1903 at St. Judes Church of England in Carlton, Melbourne, VIC in 1921.

Married for almost 45 years when Rod passed away in 1966.

The three girls, Mary, Dorothy and Eileen in 1956 at Dorothy's wedding.

Eldest son Donald with his wife Mavis Hull.  Don was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident in 1947 at Alexandria, VIC.

Maxwell Newbound outside the court house in Melbourne, VIC 1947.

Roger Newbound married Joyce Ellis in 1949.

Eric Newbound,marries  Jill Quinlivan, with younger brother Alan as his bestman in the mid 1950's .

The twin babies of the family James and Thomas as altar boys in the early 1950's.

Tom and Jim flank their sister Dot at her wedding in 1956.  Only two years later sadly brothers Eric and Jim were killed together in a single vehicle accident just outside Wodonga, VIC. 

Donald Newbound b1922

Albert Roger Newbound b 1924

Maxwell Newbound b1926

Roger Stewart Newbound b1926

Mary Agnes Newbound b1929

Eileen Ruby Newbound b1932

Eric Herbert Newbound b1934

Alan Newbound b1935

Dorothy May Newbound b1938

James Newbound b1940

Thomas Newbound b1940

The only child I don't have a photograph of is Albert Roger who was born in March 1924 and passed away in December the same year.

Mick and Mary Newbound

Arthur Belmour (Mick) Newbound b1906 married Mary Louisa Milligan b1904 in 1928, they raised a family of five and are buried together at Chiltern Cemetery in the Roman Catholic section. 

Arthur Belmour Newbound 

14-1-1906---22-2-86                                      

Loving husband & father                

At Rest 

Mary Louisa Newbound           

17-9-1904--21-5-1993  

Loving wife & Mother 

At Rest        

Mick bred harness racing horses in partnership with his brother George.  As there was no racing in VIC in the 1930's these horses were shipped to Adelaide, SA and trained and driven by George.  The best horse raced by the brothers was Hushyles Globe, the winner of many races in Wayville.  Mick was also a SP Bookmaker for many years and operated from the Grapevine Hotel at Chiltern, VIC.  Until very recently Mick and Mary's youngest son Kevin was very involved in the breeding of harness racing horses. 

This is a photo of Mary Newbound (Milligan) on the left with her younger sister Wina holding the young twins of Rod and Doris Newbound born in 1940, Tom on the left and Jim on the right.

Rod and Mary Ann Newbound's final address

Irvin Roger Newbound and his wife Mary Ann Newbound (Ohlin) are buried together in the Barnawartha Cemetery Church of England section 6 grave number 291.

The Federal Standard, Friday, February 5, 1937 p2 c5 OBITUARY 

An old identity of Barnawartha, Chiltern and Rutherglen, Mr Roderick Newbound, died on Friday at the Albury Hospital, after a few days’ illness. Mr Newbound, who was 78 years of age, was born on the Wodonga Flats and went to Barnawartha with his parents when two years of age. He worked as a laboring boy on the construction of the N E Railway, and assisted in the building of the iron bridge spanning the Indigo Creek. Subsequently he delved in the mines around Chiltern and Rutherglen, but for 70 years on and off he resided at Barnawartha. He leaves a widow and family of eight sons (Alex, Roger, George, John, William, Thomas, Arthur and Albert) and two daughters (Mary and Jessie). Interment took place at the Barnawartha cemetery on Sunday, the Rev A R May (CofE) conducting the graveside services.

The Federal Standard, Friday, October 9, 1953 p4 c4 - OBITUARY - MRS MARY ANN NEWBOUND

After a long illness, Mrs Mary Ann Newbound, wife of the late Roger Irwin Newbound, died at her daughter’s (Mrs Morrison) home, Longwood, on Friday, October 2.  Deceased, who was 84 was to have celebrated her 85th birthday three days later. Before her marriage, she was Miss Mary Ann Johnson, and born in Rutherglen, moving to Barnawartha with her husband, and residing there for very many years. She became very well known and popular for her charity and human kindness. Her husband predeceased her sixteen years ago, the marriage resulting in the birth of eleven children, of which two are dead. Left to mourn their great loss are Roger, George, John, William, Thomas, Arthur, Mary (Mrs Morrison), Jessie (Mrs Brown), and Albert. Alex and a John predeceased her. A service was conducted at the church by Monsignor Lawless before proceeding to the Barnawartha cemetery where burial took place on Saturday, Monsignor Lawless reading the burial service. The casket was carried by sons Rod, Jack, Bert, Tom and Mick and grandson Ray, while the pall-bearers were grandsons.

In loving memory of Irvin Roger Newbound

died 29th Jan 1937 aged 79 years

also his beloved wife Mary Ann  

died 2nd Oct 1953 aged 84 years   

RIP

Two brothers return from WW1

Roger Irvine Newbound b1893 seated on the left and his younger brother George William Newbound b 1895.

These three photos I took at the Chiltern Athenaeum in May 2010.  The individual photos of the two brothers were probably taken from the one of them together.  Have a look at the Athenaeum website, it has a downloadable 165 page pdf document listing Chiltern residents taken from burial, school and church records.  It's well worth a visit if you are passing through Chiltern, VIC at any time. 

Grandma Newbound

A great portrait of Irvin Roger Newbound and his wife Mary Anne Ohlin, married for almost 50 years.

Grandma with some of her grandchildren 

Front Row R-L Clarrie  b1921 nursing Kevin Morrison b1930, Don b1922 nursing his sister Mary b1930, Ted b1923 nursing Keith b1930 Back Row R-L behind Clarrie is Les b1927 then Grandma then Max b1926, photo taken probably in 1931

Anecdotes from Shirley Mann November 2011

Nana Newbound was a stern lady who had to be firm and capable to raise her large family under difficult conditions.  Grandpa was a happy-go-lucky fellow but I suspect that the wages were sometimes rather short because he was fond of a drink.

Arthur, "Uncle  Mick" to his nieces and nephews, idolised his Mother and would never hear a word against her.  After she died and was buried at Barnawartha Cemetery, he established a ritual so important to him that nothing must interfere with it.  "Not even a visit from the Queen" he would declare.  Every Mothers Day Aunty Mary would pack a picnic afternoon tea and a thermos and Uncle Mick (henceforth Dad as I am his daughter) would stow his shovel, rake and a bunch of white chrysanthemums grown especially for the occassion, in the back of the ute and head out to the cemetery.  After the graves of Nana and Grandpa were given a spring clean and tidy-up, Mum and Dad would meet up with some of their old friends on a similar errand and partake of tea and a chat.  With this loving task fulfilled, Mum and Dad would then proceed to Chiltern Cemetery to do the same for Mum's parents.  Ours celebrations for Mothers Day just had to wait until they came home.

Grandma with Les Newbound b1927

Grandma holding Lorraine Newbound b1935 (Ray's only child), with Melinda Newbound (Moonie) b1887 and her son Ray Newbound b1911

Grandma with Lorraine Newbound possibly in 1936

Grandma