James LAW b. 1838 Scotland, son of Robert LAW and Ann CRAWFORD married in 1866 in Victoria to Margaret Salmon DICKSON b. 1843 Scotland, daughter of Walter DICKSON and Janet MANAB (?).

James and Margaret LAW had the following known family, including Archibald LAW who who served with the 1st AIF in WW1, and obtained a Soldier Settlement Block on Glenorchy Estate near Merino in south west Victoria.

James LAW & Margaret DICKSON had the following known family..

1. Jessie LAW b. 1867, Collingwood, Vic, m. Francis HOLDSWORTH;

2. Ann LAW b. 1867, Collingwood, Vic, m. John Drysdale WILLIAMSON;

3. James Dixon LAW b. 1871, Morang (Plenty River), Vic, m. Isabella WILLIAMSON;

4. Walter Robert LAW b. 1874, Yan Yean, Vic, m. Louisa Margaret DOHERTY;

5. Janet LAW b. 1878, Yea, Vic, m. William Henry SEDDON;

6. Archibald LAW b. 1880, Break O Day (nr Yea), Vic, d. 1928, Warrnambool, Vic, m. 1910 Annie Jane MELDRUM 1869-1959;
   • enlisted in WW1 from Merino on 27-03-1916, occupation Evangelsit
   • embarked 10-05-1917 per "Boorara"
   • served in the Middle East as Pte 16932, 1st Australian Light Horse, AIF (Australian Camel Brigade Field Ambulance)
   • RTA 22-03-1919 per "Ulimaroa"
   • Glenorchy Estate Soldier Settler
   • Named on Merino War Memorial as A. LAWE

7. Martha Margaret LAW b. 1886, Yea, Vic, m. William Thomas SLATER;

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