One of three brothers, Thomas Harcourt Ambrose and Herbert J. and Harry Phipps Valintine.

Married twice; first Emily Jane ? who died in 1928 at Whanganui. (England). he then married Eileen Maud Bell in 1929 (died 6 March 1946, aged 67)

His son Lindsay Thomas Valintine, known as Tom served as a sapper (4/1012) WWI, with the 6th Field Engineers. he later had children, one son and one daughter, named Bertha, named after her grandmother.

Auckland Museum Boer War New Zealand Mounted Rifles Display .Display item is a carved pipe with the inscription "F.Valintine, Pretoria, Boer War 1899-1900).
1908 reside at Gillies Avenue, Mt Eden

1914 resided at 17 Albany Road, Auckland

1919 resided ta 103 Dominion Road

1931 resided at 15 Keppel Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland City Council employee

1935 resided at 24 Selwyn Road, Onehunga - retired

1941 resided at 63 Symonds Street, Onehunga AWMM