Text Box: Some of the Ancestors from Book 4
Text Box: [Below left] Brothers: 
Herbert Boon Matthews 
1882-1923
& William Henry Matthews 
1880-1943 KIA
Text Box: [Left] Thomas Mullins 
1846-1893
Husband of Mary Dickins 
1855-1911
Great grand-parents of Veronica Maude BATES nee DIBBLE and Robert James Claremont DIBBLE.
Text Box: [Left] Cpl. Herbert Boon Matthews 1882-1923 also served in ww2. 
His nephew Private Herbert Boon MATTHEWS 1916-1942 was a prisoner of war and is buried at  Kranji War cemetery.
Text Box: Red Kangaroo
Text Box: [Left]  John James MacDonald DIBBLE 1878-1943 and his brother 
Lionel Gerald Claremont DIBBLE [Pop] 1883-1960  - Lionel is the grand-father of Veronica Maude BATES nee DIBBLE  -  Family Historian and Scribe..

New Zealand War Memorial: John James MacDonald DIBBLE. Reg No: 9232. Contingent: Tenth. Unit: South Island Regiment - F Squadron. Rank: sergeant. County/City: kaikoura. Great Uncle of Veronica Maude BATES nee DIBBLE.

Australian War Memorial: John James MacDonald Dibble Service number, 21738. Rank, Sapper. Roll title, FCE [Field Company Engineers] - General Reinforcements from February 1918 to April 1918  
Text Box: [Centre left] Emily Ward MATTHEWS nee COLE 
1856-1888.
[Centre right] William Kay Henry MATTHEWS 1848-1888 Husband of Emily Ward COLE.
Both died young and left 5 children orphaned, the youngest was 2 years of age and the eldest was 10 years old. 

Parents of Alice “Maude” DIBBLE nee MATTHEWS 1886-1936. Great Grand-parents of Veronica Maude BATES nee DIBBLE & Robert James Claremont DIBBLE.
Text Box: [Left] Emma Ann (Amy) MULLINS nee LANSLEY 1887-1940 . Mother of Alveana [Alvie] DIBBLE nee MULLINS.   Grandmother of Veronica (Ronnie) & Robert (Bobby) DIBBLE.
[Below] Alice Maude DIBBLE nee MATTHEWS 1886-1936 (known as Maude)  wife of Lionel Gerald Claremont DIBBLE. 
mother of  Lionel William Henry DIBBLE and Laurance John DIBBLE 
Text Box: Allan Ronald Dick 1913-1993  
Principal of Ryde School of Horticulture NSW.  
And his sister:
Mabel Grace BATES nee Dick 
1903-1992 Infant School Teacher Victoria.
Stories in Book 3 and Book 5
Allan Ronald DICK & his sister 
Mabel Grace BATES nee DICK are the Nephew and Neice of 
Emmeline Jane ARCHBOLD nee DICK.
Text Box: [Left] 
Emmeline Jane DICK b 1870 
She married   
Joseph Ralph ARCHBOLD.
Text Box:  Private Herbert Boon MATTHEWS 1916-1942 was a prisoner of war and is buried at  Kranji War cemetery  
he is the first cousin once removed to 
Veronica Maude BATES nee DIBBLE.
Text Box: The thistle, the floral emblem of Scotland, also features in Scottish & British heraldry through symbols, logos, coat of arms and on British currency.