Neil Walter FLOWERS b. 1870 Beaufort, Victoria, son of Walter FLOWERS and Ann MORRISON was married in 1891 at ___, Victoria to Hannah Maria 'Bessie' GUTHRIDGE, b. 1872, Coleraine, Victoria, daughter of Richard Charles GUTHRIDGE and Elizabeth PITTS. Neil & Bessie FLOWERS are both buried in the Merino Cemetery.
Neil Walter FLOWERS and Hannah Maria 'Bessie' GUTHRIDGE had the following known family....
- Gracie Annie FLOWERS, b. 1890, Branxholme, Vic, m. Robert Lowe HUTTON
- Arthur FLOWERS, b. 1893, Coleraine, Vic, m. ...........?
- enlisted WW1, 2 Mar 1915, Hamilton, Vic,
- served as Dvr 2360, 60th & 58th Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Brigade, AIF
- RTA 21 Mar 1919
- enlisted in WW2
- Named on Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
- Named on Merino War Memorial
- Paschendale Soldier Settler
- Emily Eliza FLOWERS, b. 1895, Coleraine, Vic, ............?
- Kenneth Walter FLOWERS, b. 1896, Coleraine, Vic, m. .............?
- enlisted WW1, 16 Sep 1916, Melbourne, Vic,
- served as Pte 6755, 6th Battalion, AIF
- RTA 12 Dec 1919
- Named on Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
- Named on Merino War Memorial
- Edith Irene FLOWERS, b. 1900, Coleraine, Vic, m. Thomas Michael McCORMICK
- Henry William FLOWERS, b. 1903, Coleraine, Vic, m. .............?
- enlisted WW2, 20 Apr 1942, Caulfield, Vic,
- served as Pte VX79323, 20th Aust Motor Regiment
- Albert Keith FLOWERS, b. 1909, Coleraine, Vic, m. ..............?
- enlisted WW2, 28 Jun 1940, Caulfield, Vic,
- served as Pte VX42822, 2/2 Aust Field Workshop
- John Geoffrey FLOWERS, b. 1912, Merino, Vic, m. ..............?
- enlisted WW2, 14 Nov 1939, Warrnambool, Vic,
- served as Sgt VX6739, 2/6th Infantry Battalion
- Prisoner of War