Mervyn
Samuel John
Withers
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of John J Withers
and Ada Jane (Gill) Withers
Brother of
Elsie Ada Mary Withers, Brenda Daisy Alfreda Withers, Alma Louise (Withers) Smith and Arthur Ernest Ray Withers
Husband of
Violet Ivy (Acton) Withers
— married
1927 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Father of
Lorraine (Withers) Peck
Died
at about age 64
in Taree, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Nov 2010
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Biography
Service Record
Name WITHERS, MERVYN SAMUEL JOHN
Service Australian Army
Service Number NX29216
Date of Birth 14 Feb 1906
Place of Birth BINGRA, NSW
Date of Enlistment 7 Jun 1940
Locality on Enlistment ST MARYS, NSW
Place of Enlistment PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin WITHERS
Date of Discharge 29 Aug 1942
Rank Private
Posting at Discharge 1 A A REGT W/S
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No
Mervyn was born in 1906. He passed away in 1971. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Personal recollection of events witnessed by Lorraine (Withers) Peck as remembered 23 May 2021.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mervyn by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mervyn:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mervyn by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mervyn:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Rachel (Glasson) Berlin 
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~6.25%
John Chilstone :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T485705 [compare], FTDNA kit #427801
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Female DNA Cribb :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F267299 [compare], FTDNA kit #267299
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~1.56%
Norman Cribb :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T928453 [compare], FTDNA kit #426333
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~1.56%
~4.69%
Diane (Groom) Croghan :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
William Gill :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A975814 [compare], Ancestry member willmgill
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~0.78%
Mark Navin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UJ7712128 [compare], yourDNAportal MARebb12d92, Ancestry member MarkN373
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Unnamed Son DNA Williams :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T807711 [compare], FTDNA kit #249669
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E. Catterall
Withers-2288 and Withers-37 appear to represent the same person because: Appear to be the same person
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by E. Catterall
Paul Bech
Withers-2288 and Withers-37 do not represent the same person because: <<Ignore message to the left. These ARE the same person. Reproposing the merge to complete it.
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by Paul Bech
Rejected matches › Johnnie Withers (1906-1954)
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