Right, let's get this out of the way here and forget about it. Every document I have seen giving Ned's full name has it as Edward. His father was Edmund, his son was Edmund, Uncle Ned in Carrigeen was Edmond but Australian Uncle Ned was a godfather, married and died as Edward. Hereinafter I'll stick to Ned.

Ned Dunne was born about 1859 in Co. Tipperary, Ireland to Edmund Dunne, Carpenter, and Margaret Tobin. He emigrated sometime before 1884.

Mary Louisa Gobbi was born about 1862 in Oakleigh (now a suburb of Melbourne) to Attilio Gobbi, Market Gardener, and Mary Deschant. She appears to have had a brother John whose son J.C.Gobbi visited Lena in 1918.

They married on May 14, 1884 in St Alipius Church (right), Oakleigh. The witnesses were Patrick James Daly and Mary ? Louisa Daly.

They had five children that I know of -

• Mary Louisa (born about 1885, died 1963, never married),
• Edward William Attilio (born about 1886, died before Florence was born),
• Florence Magdalen Cecilia (1893 - 1971),
• Edmund Alphonsus (1896 - 1986) and
• Margaret Veronica (born about 1900, died 1977, widow of Lawrence Joseph Miles, no children).

Uncle Ned died on May 25, 1928 (aged 69) and Mary Louisa in June 1940 (aged 79).

 

St Alipius, Oakleigh
1880 - 1936
[This shot is nicked from an
Oakleigh local history book.]

	"This is the train which I was in charge of when I retired from the Railway Department which ran between Melbourne & Sydney. I came by it the other day when looking through some of my papers. It is here shown approaching Melbourne. You can see me at the door looking back as we were rounding the bend. As I'm now far away from you, if you look at this old train perhaps it will sometimes remind you of this Old D--"

"Keen - Paul - Ryan - O'Mahony - Benie - O'Loughlin - O'Keefe - Dunne - Quinn - Ward + Wards Lady Love who is doing her best to click on. So have a Damn Good Laugh at all. All on the retired list except Benie and O'Loughlin."

Joseph Clare Gobbi

	According to his "Soldier's Papers", Joseph Clare Gobbi was son of John Gobbi of Clayton, VIC, which is very close to Oakleigh. John might be a brother of Mary Louisa.

	Joseph enlisted in the AIF on March 30, 1916 in Prahran, age 21, and was awarded the Military Medal in France in August, 1917, returned to Australia in May 1919, and discharged in September 1919.
	(The reverse is blank) I associate this with Mr Gobbi as he was a Signaller whereas Herbert was a Gunner.