Thanks Geoff.
I have the other census. Emily nee GARROD.
NSW Birth 8447/1916 SILVIA HAROLD R - HAROLD R - EMILY - PADDINGTON
An error in the index or two names suggesting a widow?
Marriages Jun 1948
Silvia Harold J R - Phillimore Wandsworth 5d 1846
Silvia Harold J R - Chamberlain Wandsworth 5d 1846
Harold James R SILVIA
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1916
Date of Registration: Oct 1989
Age at Death: 73
Registration district: Worthing
Inferred County: West Sussex
Volume: 18
Page: 2800
NSW Birth 45284/1918 SILVIA GEORGE W - HAROLD R - EMILY - WOOLLAHRA
I have no dob for George.
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36180/supplements/4218
Gazette Issue 36180 published on the 21 September 1943. Page 6 of 22
The Military Medal
No. 948401 Warrant Officer Class II (Battery Sergeant-Major) George Walter Douglas Silvia, Royal Regiment of Artillery (London S.W.4)
No Surname Rank Service Number Date Of Death Age Regiment/Service Nationality Grave/Memorial Ref. Cemetery/Memorial Name
1 SILVIA, GEORGE WALTER DOUGLAS Warrant Officer Class II 948401 01/11/1943 24 Royal Artillery United Kingdom IV, D, 14. MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY
Casualty Details
Name: SILVIA, George Walter Douglas
Initials: G W D
Nationality: UNITED KINGDOM
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II (B.S.M.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 23 Field Regt.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 01/11/1943
Service No: 948401
Awards: M M
Additional information: Son of Harold R. and Emily SILVIA, of CLAPHAM, LONDON
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV, D, 14.
Cemetery: MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY
Emily and her 2 sons arrived back in England sometime between 1919 and 1939.
Dave