The Killion, Quinn and Hand Families of Port Macquarie and Kempsey and their Feeney Family

Kokoda Track during the Second World War - Wal Wright at the back with the hat Walter Leo Wright was the grandson of Rose Porter (nee Killion) and the great-grandson of John Killion and Jane Feeney. Wal was born on 25 September 1925 - the second child of Charles Wright and Margaret (Cissie) Porter.  He was only 15 when he enrolled for service in the Second World War but showed his birth date as 16 September 1923.   Wal served in Papua and New Guinea including on the Kakoda Track.  Here's an undated newspaper clipping that Cissie kept until her death in 1972. Wal is numbered 10 in this photo Wal went on to marry Ethel May Hook on 2 September 1950 at St Aidens Church of England, Annandale.  He showed his correct age in his marriage registration! Wal, Cissie, Ethel and her mother In the late 1950s, Wal, Ethel and their two children, Margaret and Jim, moved to the Newcastle area.  Wal died on 27 November 1998 and Ethe...

Traditional "sleuthing" has come up trumps again!  Margaret, a grandchild of Margaret Mary (Cissie) and Charles Wright, and her daughter, Megan, are the latest "Killion cousins" to join our Facebook group . Cissie is the oldest child of Henry Porter and Rose Killion. Margaret and Megan were able to give us the first photo that we've seen of Cissie (second from the left). The photo was taken at the 1950 marriage of her son Walter (left) to Ethel Hook at St Aidens Church of England, Annandale, NSW.  Ethel's second from the right with her mother, Ellen Hook.   From left - Walter Wright, Cissie Wright (nee Porter), Ethel Wright (nee Hook), Ellen Hook Kindly provided by Margaret and Megan We're delighted to have this photos as we've located a photo of three women simply named "Porter women" at the Kempsey Museum. We're working to establish if the photo shows Rose Porter (nee Killion) and her two daughters, Cissie and Dattie (Mary Ja...