Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Archie Copeland MCINTYRE'S real name was Peter Archibald Copeland MCINTYRE. Archie's parents were Matthew Copeland McIntyre and Clara Matilda Amelia Collins. Both are buried at the Dunkeld Cemetary in Victoria Australia.  Archie had seven siblings who were: Mary Helen McIntyre, Annie Collins McIntyre, Adolpus McIntyre, Jennie Copeland McIntyre, Helen Copeland McIntyre, Matthew Aldopus McIntyre, and Edith Clara McIntyre.  All the children were born in Dunkeld, Victoria Australia.   During the war he married a French lady named Yvonne Victoria Louise CAUGY on the 25 October 1919, in the Harv'e Town Hall in France.  After the war he had two children to his wife Yvonne.  They had twin boys Jack and Raymond McIntyre.  They lived in Australia.  Archie and Yvonne eventually divorced and Yvonne went back to France with one of her sons (Jack).  Raymond stayed with his father.  Archie and Raymond now lived in Western Australia, were he met and married Olive Bertha DOVEY on the 24th of June 1929 at Yealering.  Archie purchased some land at Lomas siding in Western Australia.  Its in the South West of W.A,  There they had started a family together.  The oldest being Raymond of coarse of whom Olive treated and loved as her own son.  Then there was Helen, Donald and Peter Copeland MCINTYRE.  After a few years when Peter the youngest was about the age of six, Olive left Archie and took all the children.  Peter left his mother and went back to the farm to be with his dad Archie even though he was a very hard disciplined man. Archie never spoke of the war. They worked the land putting in crops of wheat and Barley with the old horse and ploughs. At the age of 13 Peter (My father) left to find work and from what I have been told is that Archie went back to Victoria and brought a Garage (somewhere in Melbourne)  My dad Peter went over to help his dad Archie run it when he was 18.  He didnt last long as he loved the WA Bush and so he returned.  Our Western Australian side of the family had never heard anymore from or about Archie again.