Thank you Kellie
I did purchase a marriage certificate some time ago and there was very little info on it (no date of births or parents names) I also have a copy of his death certificate which states he was 85 at his time of death in South Australia in October 1947. It also mentions his Birthplace as England and that his length of Residency in the commonwealth was 70 years at the time of his death.
Regards
kathy