tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22597317080940173132024-03-18T12:24:46.267+11:00a bit of everythingsometimes about the places we see or where we go, sometimes about our history ....Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-21680710796191940392015-05-14T14:19:00.000+10:002015-05-14T14:19:58.814+10:00AHS CENTAUR - 14 May 1943<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">72 years ago today<span style="font-size: large;"> (14th May 1943) </span> the AHS Centaur was torpedoed and subsequently sunk off the east coast of Australia.</span></div>
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early afternoon of 12 May 1943 Centaur steamed from Sydney for Cairns
carrying members of the 2/12th Field Ambulance. Shortly after 4.00 am on 14
May, while most people were asleep, a torpedo struck Centaur‘s port
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The survivors were at sea for a day and half before they were rescued. The ship’s crew and medical staff suffered heavily, as did the 2/12th Field Ambulance -178 men, from a total of 193, died. It was the nurses though, who suffered the worst. Of the 12 nurses on board only one, Sister Nell Savage, survived.</span></div>
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The bridge superstructure collapsed and the funnel crashed onto the
deck. Everything was covered with burning oil and a fire quickly began
to roar across the ship. Water, meanwhile, rushed in through the gaping
hole in her side. Many of those on board not killed in the explosion or
fire, were trapped as the ship started to go down bow first, and then
broke in two. In just three minutes Centaur was gone.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Japanese sinking of this Australian hospital ship in 1943 was a violation of the most basic humanitarian convention.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">An informative post on the </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">history of the torpedoing of the A.H.S. Centaur</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"> including all the names is on the Tweed Heads Historical Society website <a href="http://tweedhistory.org.au/combined-tweed-river-historical-societies/tweed-history/ahs-centaur/"><b style="color: red;">HERE.<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">According to the Wikipedia site, the reason for the attack is unknown, and the events surrounding the sinking of </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Centaur</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
are controversial because it has been attested that she may have been
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ship had been appropriately lit and
marked to indicate that it was a hospital ship and its sinking was
regarded as an atrocity. The Australian Government delivered an official
protest to Japan over the incident. The Japanese did not acknowledge
responsibility for the incident for many years and the War Crimes
Tribunal could not identify the responsible submarine. <br /><br />However, the
Japanese official war history makes clear that it was submarine 1-177,
under the command of Lt Commander Nakagawa who had sunk the Centaur. Lt
Commander Nakagawa was convicted as a war criminal for firing on
survivors of the British Chivalry which his ship had sunk in the Indian
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proven to be another ship. The wreck of </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Centaur</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> was found on 20 December 2009.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />The 2/12th Field Ambulance was an Australian military unit of the Second Australian Imperial Force, serving during World War II. During their six years of service, over 200 soldiers were killed, the highest figure for a non-combatant unit in Australian history.<br /><br />The 2/12th was founded at Sydney Showground on 22 November 1940. The unit was attached to the 23rd Infantry Brigade, 8th Division until February, 1943, when it was moved to II Corps. Most of the recruits were from rural New South Wales. During their training in the Northern Territory, the members of the 2/12th provided medical support for the 23rd Brigade, participated in the construction of five small medical hospitals, and assisted sappers and pioneer assault units, earning the unit the nickname "2/12th Pioneers".<br /><br />Following the beginning of the Pacific War, 45 members of the 2/12th were each attached to Gull Force and Sparrow Force, and sent to defend the islands of Ambon and Timor respectively. All of the members of the 2/12th serving with Gull Force were captured or killed by the Japanese on 1 February 1942, with many dying as prisoners of war on Ambon or Hainan. Many of those serving with Sparrow Force were also captured.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The half-strength unit was reinforced, and on 10 May 1943, the 192 members of the 2/12th boarded hospital ship Centaur to be transported to New Guinea. <br /><br />On 14 May 1943, at 4:00 a.m., Centaur was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-177, and sank in less than three minutes. Of the 332 aboard, there were only 64 survivors, including 14 members of the 2/12th. It was 36 hours before they were resuced by USS Mugford.<br /><br />The 14 survivors were reinforced by men from the 4th Light Field Ambulance, and served in Borneo, Morotai, Tarakan, Lutong, and Kuching. The unit stood down in 1946, having served past the war's end, working with the retrieval and care of Allied prisoners of war.</span></span><br />
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<b><i>please note: none of the above images are mine, all have been located on the internet over many years or passed on to me by family members.</i></b></div>
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com0Queensland, Australia-27.196014383173296 153.621826171875-27.421968883173296 153.305969171875 -26.970059883173295 153.937683171875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-34912871265271657992015-04-15T18:16:00.000+10:002015-04-17T21:55:08.492+10:00George William Manning [1890 - 1915]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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4.10am on 25th April 1915 and </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">George
William MANNING - who was part of the 12th Bn 3rd Brigade - </span></span>was killed soon after landing.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="caption-text" id="imgCaption">Painstakingly restored ...
Specialist textile curator Liz Rose at the Imperial War Museum workshop
seen here working on the flag of the AIF's <b>12th Battalion</b> 3rd Brigade who stormed
Gallipoli in 1915. <br /><br />The above picture: Ella Pellegrini.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Specialist textile curator Liz Rose is painstakingly fixing the flag
for display, placing see-through conservation net over tears in the
fabric that threaten to pull the flag apart. The process takes several
days.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But she says she is careful not to restore it to its former
glory. Even the dodgy stitching of an unknown repairer from some time in
the past century to patch a hole is being left alone.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>“We just
want to repair it in parts to preserve and display but its condition is
evidence of its history and that is important to maintain,” she said.</i></span></span></span></span></i><br />
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12th Australian Infantry Battalion </span></span></h1>
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The <a href="http://www.henrick.com/ww1/history_15.htm"><b>12th Battalion</b></a> was among the first infantry units
raised for the AIF during the First World War. Half of the battalion
was recruited in Tasmania, a quarter was recruited in South Australia,
and a quarter from Western Australia. With the 9th, 10th and 11th
Battalions it formed the 3rd Brigade. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
<b>12th Battalion</b> was raised within three weeks of the declaration of war
in August 1914.
They were the covering force for the Anzac landings and <b>so were the
first onshore at 4.30am on April 25, 1915.</b> Their commander Lt Col L.F
Clarke was killed by a sniper in the first few hours of battle but the
battalion fought on and would later contribute two companies to the
attack on Lone Pine; the only battalion in the brigade to do so. The
battalion heroes were also the last to leave Anzac Cove only to go on to
take part in the first major action in France in the Somme valley at
Pozieres, then Ypres in Flanders all the way through to the battle of
Amiens in August 1918.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Of their Gallipoli campaign, a British
officer there at the time wrote: “The Australians were fine. ... They
pulled in singing a song, ‘Australia will be there!’ and I could see
them scaling the cliffs”. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Within five days of the campaign, over half
the men of the <b>12th battalion</b> would be killed or wounded. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They fought
with the motto Ducit Amor Patriae (Love of My Country Leads Me).</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i></i></span></span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.gallipoli.gov.au/why-gallipoli/gallipoli-invasion-plans.php"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>why did the ANZACS land at Gallipoli?</i></span></span></a></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The 3rd Brigade was the covering force for the ANZAC
landing on 25 April 1915 and so was the first ashore at around 4:30 am.
Lieutenant Colonel L. F. Clarke, commander of the 12th Battalion, was
killed by a sniper within hours of the landing. The battalion was heavily
involved in establishing and defending the front line of the ANZAC position.</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/bean.html">Charles Bean - the first report </a></span></i></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">George William MANNING was born to John MANNING and Harriet Ann COBERN in Evandale, Tasmania, Australia on 3rd September 1890.<br /><br />Little is known of George in his early years in Tasmania, but we can assume he attended school and probably in the district of Launceston.<br /><br />On 2nd June 1914 at the age of 23 years, he married Annie Josephine THOMPSON. From information received, Annie was born in Launceston in September 1895 and married George when she was 18 years old. <br /><br />Four months later - on 24th October 1914 - George enlisted in the AIF at Claremont in Tasmania. He stated on his papers that he was married and his Next of Kin was Mrs G. W. Manning of 66 Margaret St, Launceston, Tasmania.<br /><br />He was given the Service number of 1226 in the 12th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Reinforcements.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">66 Margaret St, Launceston, Tasmania</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">From Google - 66 Margaret St, Launceston, Tasmania</span></span></td></tr>
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Themistocles (A32), part of the 2nd Australian convoy that left
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On 1st February 1915 - the 12th Battalion commenced training at Mena in Egypt, ten miles from Cairo and on the 10th February the 1st Reinforcements had arrived, which included George.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>above image:</b><br /><br />Part of Mena Camp, seen from the road running up the centre of the camp, known as Artillery Road. At the far end of the road can be seen one of the reservoirs built at the camp; in this one the water burst through the walls. <br /><br />On the left are the lines of the 1st Australian Divisional Artillery, and on the right the lines of the 3rd Infantry Brigade (in the foreground), and the Divisional Engineers (in the background). On the horizon is one of the pyramids at neaby Gizeh.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />A period of training in the desert followed to
prepare the Australian forces for their eventual transfer to Europe, but a short time later, on 1st March 1915 they received orders for embarkation at Alexandria. 4th March they had arrived at Lemnos and anchored off Port Mudros.<br /><br />On 6th April 1915 - 10.00pm - Orders for embarkation & distribution of Brigade on transports received. At 8:00am on the following morning they commenced embarking horses & transport details.<br /><br /> By 21st April they were committed to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" title="Gallipoli Campaign">Gallipoli Campaign</a> when orders came through for their landing at Gallipoli.<br /><br /> The 3rd Brigade was the covering force for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Anzac_Cove" title="Landing at Anzac Cove">Anzac landing</a>
on 25 April 1915, and went ashore at around 4.30 am. During the early
fighting on the first, the battalion's commanding officer was killed by a
sniper.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AWM_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Battalion_%28Australia%29#cite_note-AWM-2"></a></sup></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />George William MANNING was killed soon after arriving at Gallipoli. It is not known where or when. He was reported as 'missing' in the Dardanelles region, but that was soon changed and reported as being Killed in Action.<br /><br />According to his service records, there was a board of inquiry on 5th June 1916 that confirmed this finding. <br /><br />He is remembered with honour at the Lone Pine Memorial.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In the meantime - his wife Annie - had given birth to a daughter in Tasmania in 1915 that she named Sheila Patricia Manning. She is listed on the War Pension claim as a daughter of George in 1916. Annie received 13 pounds per annum for Sheila from 9th April 1916 till 17 March 1931 and for herself, received 52 pounds per annum.<br /><br />No further information has been found on Sheila.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />In 1921 there is record of Annie residing in Brunswick, a suburb of Melbourne. According to various census records of that period, she is found in Carlton and or Brunswick up to and including 1930.<br /><br />But on page one of the service records of George Manning there is a note to the effect that she may have moved to England. Under the 'change of address' it has: Eng 30/3/30<br /><br />Have not located any information on Annie or Sheila after this time.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />In July 1924 - Ellen Charlotte Florence McNiece - sister to George Manning, wrote to the Army requesting information regarding Private G. W. Manning. The question was if this George Manning had returned to Australia in the Air Force. <br /><br /> As per the following letter:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A reply came back stating that there was only one G. W. Manning and that it was evident that the person making the claim regarding the relationship with the deceased was mistaken.</span></span><br />
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the next-of-kin of the men and women who died during World War One. The
bronze medallion features an image of Lady Britannia surrounded by two
dolphins (representing Britain’s sea power) and a lion (representing
Britain) standing over a defeated eagle (symbolising Germany). <br /><br />Around
the outer edge of the medallion are the words ‘He died for freedom and
honour’. Next to Lady Britannia is the deceased soldier’s name, with no
rank provided to show equality in their sacrifice. <br /><br />The Dead Man’s Penny
was accompanied by a letter from King George V, stating ‘I join with my
grateful people in sending you this memorial of a brave life given for
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/12th-Battalion-AIF/200146170018143?fref=ts">There is also a Facebook page for the 12th Battalion.</a></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /><br /> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>25 April 1915:</b><br />The full extent of casualties on that first day are not known. <br /><br />Birdwood,
who did not come ashore until late in the day, estimated between three
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<br /><br />The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage claims one in five of
the three thousand New Zealanders involved became a casualty.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-184"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Anzac_Cove#cite_note-184"></a></sup> <br /><br />The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_War_Memorial" title="Australian War Memorial">Australian War Memorial</a> has <b>860 </b>Australian dead between 25–30 April,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-185"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Anzac_Cove#cite_note-185"></a></sup>
and the Australian Government estimates 2,000 wounded left Anzac Cove
on 25 April, but more wounded were still waiting on the battlefields to
be evacuated.<br /><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-186"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Anzac_Cove#cite_note-186"><br /></a></sup>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission" title="Commonwealth War Graves Commission">Commonwealth War Graves Commission</a> documents that <b>754</b> Australian and <b>147</b> New Zealand soldiers died on <b>25 April 1915.</b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-187"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Anzac_Cove#cite_note-187"><br /></a></sup> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A higher than normal proportion of the ANZAC casualties were from the
officer ranks. One theory was that they kept exposing themselves to
fire, trying to find out where they were or to locate their troops.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-188"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Anzac_Cove#cite_note-188"></a></sup> Four men were taken prisoner by the Turks.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-189"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Anzac_Cove#cite_note-189"></a></sup></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Many thanks to the following for their helpful websites and access to same:<br /><br /><b><br /> <a href="https://www.awm.gov.au/research/">the Australian War Memorial</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/defence/service-records/">the National Archives</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/">Gallipoli and the Anzacs</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/">Trove</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cwgc.org/">the Commonwealth War Graves Commission</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/12th-Battalion-AIF/200146170018143?ref=ts&fref=ts">12th Battalion Facebook page</a></span></span></b><br />
<b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/beanbio.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Biography - Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (1879 - 1968)</span></span></a></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /><a href="https://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/anzac-voices/landing/">AWM - a difficult landing</a></span></span></b><br />
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com0Gallipoli, Turkey40.417447 26.6774350000000640.369088500000004 26.596754000000061 40.4658055 26.758116000000058tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-11432342891123137312015-02-05T21:38:00.001+11:002015-02-05T21:40:17.144+11:00John Mathieson William EDMONDS [1894 - 1919]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">John
Mathieson William Edmonds was born at home at 25 Bendigo Street in
Prahran in September 1894. His parents were John Henry Edmonds and
Isabella Craig.<br /><br />By the time he was 20 years of age he had
enlisted in the AIF at Cottesloe in West Australia. This was 21st June
1915. He joined the 12th Battalion - 4th Motor Transport Section. His
parents wrote a letter giving him permission to enlist.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In September of that same year he embarked Fremantle per the <i>H.M.A.T. Anchises</i> A68 bound for Egypt.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />His Battalion disembarked on 6th January 1916 and by the 1st marsh John was transferred to the 52nd Battalion.<br /><br />As a "driver' he was transferred many time to various Battalions and it is difficult to keep up with where he was at various stages in his Military Career. By August 1916 he was in Marseille, France where he seemed to be for quite a few months.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In February 1919 he is at Wimereux in Northern France being admitted to 7th G.H. with acute bronchitis and influenza. He died on 12th February 1919 at Terlincthun, Pas-de-Calais, France where he is buried</span></span><br />
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on this site have recently been changed to ensure that early evening
projections are clearly visible and not affected by twilight. The
actual time of projection could also change as a result of weather and
other factors, so it is advisable to check closer to the date. In the
rare event of a temporary loss of electrical power, the names scheduled
for display in that period will not appear until the next time listed.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="field-content description"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><br />once again, </span></span><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wou</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ld like to extend my grateful thanks to the <br />AWM, CWGC and
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com0Terlincthun British War Cemetery, Aiglon Street, 62126 Wimille, France50.744656799999987 1.610484000000042250.742144799999984 1.6054415000000422 50.74716879999999 1.6155265000000423tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-39966856944148501042015-02-04T15:44:00.000+11:002015-04-16T12:12:38.213+10:00a very busy project!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Over the past year or so I have been researching and gathering photos and information on the members of my family (including extended family) that served in both World Wars.</i></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/james-andrew-ralph-1897-1915.html">James Andrew RALPH d. Gallipoli </a></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/harold-alfred-eustace-1892-1915.html">Harold Alfred EUSTACE d. Egypt </a></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/george-william-manning-1890-1915.html">George William MANNING d. Gallipoli</a></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">died 1916</span></span></span></b></div>
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/arthur-joseph-weir-1889-1916.html">Arthur Joseph WEIR d. France </a></span></span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/allan-wesley-walkeden-1897-1916.html">Allan Wesley WALKEDEN d. France </a></span></span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/donald-william-mctavish-1888-1916.html">Donald William McTAVISH d. France </a></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/william-murdoch-le-brun-1895-1916.html">William Murdoch Le BRUN d. France </a></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/john-russell-patterson-1895-1916-john.html" target="_blank">John Russell PATTERSON d. France </a> </u></span></span></b></span></li>
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<li><b><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/arnold-roy-bartram-1895-1917.html">Arnold Roy BARTRAM d. France </a></span></u></span></span></span></b></li>
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<li><b><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u> <a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/arnold-henry-thomas-ralph-kia-27.html">Arnold Henry Thomas RALPH</a> d. Belgium </u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></li>
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<li><b><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/nelson-wesley-eustace-barwise-kia-20th.html">Nelson Wesley Eustace BARWISE</a>
d. France </u></span></span></span></b></li>
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<li><b><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/raymond-everard-bartram-1893-1917.html">Raymond Everard BARTRAM d. Belgium </a></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></li>
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<li><b><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/reginald-percy-bartram-1880-1917.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Reginald Percy BARTRAM d. Belgium </span></span></a></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></li>
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<li><b><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/james-herbert-clegg-1891-1917.html">James Herbert CLEGG d. Belgium </a></span></span></span></b></li>
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<li><b><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/we-will-remember-them.html">Carl Walter DALITZ d. France </a></span></span></span></b></li>
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<li><b><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/leslie-norman-krause-1896-1917.html">Leslie Norman KRAUSE d. Belgium </a></span></span></span></b></li>
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<li><b><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/edward-charles-tobias-hurter-1888-1917.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Edward Charles Tobias HURTER d. France </span></a></span></b></li>
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<li><b><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/william-stanley-ormandy-1883-1917.html">William Stanley ORMANDY d. Belgium </a></span></span></span></b></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">died 1918</span></b></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></b><b><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/samuel-james-naismith-1895-1918.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Samuel James NAISMITH (JNR) d. France </span></span></a></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/ernest-cockbill-kendrick-kia-6th-april.html">Ernest Cockbill KENDRICK d, France </a></u></span></span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/edward-harold-artso.html">Edward Harold ARTSO d. France </a></u></span></span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/william-gordon-tucker-kia-03-oct-1918.html">William Gordon TUCKER d. France </a></span></span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/albert-henry-blackmore-1894-1918.html">Albert Henry BLACKMORE d. France </a></span></span></b></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/matthew-matthews-1893-1918.html">Matthew MATHEWS </a>d. France </span></span></b></span></span></b></span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br />died 1919</span></span></span></b></span></span></b><br />
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/john-mathieson-william-edmonds-1894-1919.html">John Mathieson William EDMONDS</a>. d. France</b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/hmas-centaur-may-14-1943.html">Charles Richard Le BRUN d. 'at sea' 1943</a></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/just-one-of-rats-of-tobruk.html">Ernest Lister ROBERTS (1) d. New Guinea 1943</a></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/ernie-roberts-in-new-guinea-ww2.html">Ernest Lister ROBERTS (2) d. New Guinea 1943</a></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/the-last-post-for-ernie-roberts.html">Ernest Lister ROBERTS (3) d. New Guinea 1943</a></span></span></b></li>
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<b><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/samuel-james-naismith-1867-1941.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>Samuel James NAISMITH (SNR) d. Australia 1941</u></span></span></a></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/we-will-remember-them.html">Heinrich Charles DALITZ d. Australia 1972</a></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/we-will-remember-them.html">Friedrich Wilhelm DALITZ d. Australia 1959</a></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/alwin-clarence-dalitz-1894-1969.html">Alwin Clarence DALITZ d. Australia 1969</a></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/gabriel-william-john-delaney-1922-1999.html">Gabriel William John DELANEY d. Australia 1999</a></span></span></b></li>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/james-john-roberts-1889-1968.html">James John ROBERTS d. Australia 1968</a></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/alexander-duncan-cameron-1882-1947.html">Alexander Duncan CAMERON d. Australia 1947</a></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/george-bowden-hudson-1891-1982.html">George Bowden HUDSON d.Australia 1982</a></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/cyril-george-bartram-1889-1947.html">Cyril George BARTRAM d. Australia 1947</a></span></span></b></li>
<li><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/henry-william-barwise-1882-1948.html"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Henry William BARWISE . d. Australia 1948</span></span></b></a></li>
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-2800148461153180692015-02-04T12:23:00.004+11:002015-02-08T09:53:55.906+11:00Henry William BARWISE [1882 - 1948]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Henry
William Barwise was born in 1882 at Great Western, a small regional
village west of Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. His parents were Henry
Machel Barwise and Harriet Isabella Walkeden.<br /><br />In 1910 he married
Florence Lily Pearce and they had four sons before he enlisted in the
AIF. On his return they had a further three children, two daughters and
one son.<br /><br />Henry enlisted at Melbourne on 19 January 1917. He was a driver and given service # 34207 with the 1st D.A.C in the 26th Reinforcements. A part of the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="larger">Field Artillery Brigade, March 1917 Reinforcements.</span><br /><a href="http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8888/Artillery.html"><b><br />DAC </b>being Division Ammunition Column.</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In September of 1917, he was caught AWOL - from 6.00am till 11.45pm on 8th September and forfeited a total of 9 days pay. In November he proceeded to France via Southampton.<br /><br />He suffered much illness whilst in France and was admitted to hospital on a number of occasions suffering from Neuritis, Neurasthenia, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rheumatism </span></span>& influenza.<br /><br />By July of 1918 he was in the 4th General Hospital in Plymouth with Neuritis which is </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">an inflammation of one or more nerves. The characteristic symptoms of
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-34143953176619088032015-01-31T17:52:00.000+11:002015-01-31T19:41:18.418+11:00Edward Charles Tobias Hurter [ 1888 - 1917 ]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Edward Charles Tobias Hurter was born in Coburg - a suburb of Melbourne - on 26th November 1888. His parents were Charles Edward Hurter and Jeannett Le Brun.<br /><br />He attended the Blackburn Primary School and later went on to the Hawthorn College where he studied accountancy. Prior to his enlistment in the AIF he held the Office of Collector in the Electric Light Department in the Nunawading Shire Council.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In January 1916 he enlisted in the AIF and was assigned to the 22nd Battalion, 11th Reinforcements. His service number being 4465.<br /><br />Just prior to sailing, Edward married Rae Leonore Dowel who was the daughter of Henry Dowel and Flora McKenzie. Rae was born in Ascot Vale in 1891.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">on 10 September 1916 Edward proceeded to France from England. In October he was promoted to Lance Corporal and in November to Temporary Sergeant.<br /><br />At this time the 22nd Battalion were moved to the Ypres sector then back to Somme for the winter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">During January 1917 there had been much snow around Martinpuich and by the 1st February the weather was considered 'fine'. <br /><br />Edward was killed whilst in "William Alley" - a trench near Martinpuich - and according to the diary of James Irwin:<br /><i><br />We were now taken off the railway
fatigue, and were at the disposal of head-quarters to be sent on any
sector as carrying parties. We were working on two sectors, each of
which was entered by a different route. On one of the routes, after we
had travelled about a mile from our dugout in the mud, we would enter a
trench called "<b>William Alley</b>".<br /> </i></span></span><br />
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This trench was built perfectly by the British, and it was about 2
miles long in zigzag formation, reaching up to the front line. The walls
were riveted with wire mesh and the duckboards were supported on "A"
frames; the water running 2 feet below in the bottom of the trench, and
parts of the trench were camouflaged with the ordinary material which
was used for the same purpose in the artillery.<br /> </span></span></i><br />
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camouflaged material is made up of wire netting with an artificial
covering of leaves and boughs. When we were on our way back to our
dugout after being up to the line, we would call into the soup kitchen
and have a short rest and some soup, after which we would feel quite
repaired. We used to travel on the upper side of a dark gully on the way
out, and in the dark hollow we would hear men pushing trucks, on the
light railway up to the front line, laden with timber and ammunition,
and the trucks returning would have wounded on them. When a shell would
come hissing over into the dark valley, we would stop with a feeling of
awe, and listen with expectation of hearing someone call "Stretcher
bearers".<br /> One night in the
vicinity of this valley, a shell landed about 4 feet from the duckboards
on which we were travelling, and blew myself and four others off the
duckboards into the mud. On account of the mud being so soft as to allow
the shell to penetrate deeply into the ground, we were fortunate enough
to escape being killed or wounded, as the fragments of the shell could
not escape above the surface of the ground.</span></span></i><br />
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some guns blocked out and then along what has been a pleasant country
road. The snow has caused green grass to sprout everywhere and the
country is looking very well. Much shelled is this road and by no means a
health resort. When we got to <b>William Alley</b> we hopped
in and had a grand run right up and then pushed across country to the
Battalion H.Q. Very muddy and dirty and the dugout one of the most
villianous [sic] ever imaginable. Concentrated smell of cooking, foul
breaths & stagnation smote one on entering.<br /><br />Skirting the village of <b>Martinpuich</b>
for a while we at last plunged boldly through it and wondered by the
lights there that they do not strafe it thoroughly and well. Once out of
the village we got on to uneven boards with treacherous gaps in them
and met many tired and muddy men coming out of the line, some cheerful,
some depressed and nearly sobbing with fatigue. Soon we struck <b>William Alley</b> and had to pass nearly a whole Battalion coming out. Squeezing past was most awkward especially for the M.O.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>James John Roberts </b><br />WIA at The Battle of Menin Road and RTA. died 28 July 1968</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>William Gordon Tucker </b><br />KIA at The Battle of Beaurevoir on 3rd October 1918</span></span><br />
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com0Martinpuich, France50.049416 2.762258900000006250.008633 2.681577900000006 50.090199 2.8429399000000064tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-14609705962092618372015-01-29T22:04:00.000+11:002015-01-30T12:55:01.114+11:00Alwin Clarence DALITZ (1894 - 1969)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alwin Clarence Dalitz was born in Pimpinio, Victoria, Australia on 18th April 1894. His parents were Heinrich Daltiz and Maria Elisabeth Wuttke. He had 13 siblings.<br /><br />On 12th June 1915 Alwin enlisted in the AIF at Dimboola. At time of enlistment, he was 21 years of age with a fair complexion, light blue eyes, sandy hair and had noted his religion as a Methodist.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />He joined his unit at Gallipoli on 13th November 1915 and the following day the 14th Battalion commenced tunneling at Durrants Post.<br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">according to the Battalion diary on 18th November, "Quiet all day. some shrapnel in the morning, ground very wet and muddy after the nights rain".</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />By the 18th December, the Battalion was at Mudros in Greece after sailing on the HMS HAZEL, then being transferred to the HMS ZEALANDRIA reaching Alexandria in Egypt late December.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In February 1916 the Battalion was at Moascar (Egypt) and Tel-El-Kebir in March for further training.<br /><br />Much of this detail can be found in the War diaries of the 14th Battalion as seen here:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Towards the end of March 1916 the Battalion were on the move again with one entry reading: <br /><span style="color: purple;"><br />"<i>marched out for Moascar at 0600 in heavy mist. Halted at 11am &
continued march @ 1400 thru very heavy sand, weather hot, arrived Moascar
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By June they had arrived in Bailleul, Basse-Normandie, France. By the 17th The Battalion marched to "Fort Rompu" as Erquinghem-Lys was impossible for
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<span style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Remainder of Battalion - when relieved - marched to Billets at Jesus Farm ( About 1 mile the other side of Erquingham )"</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Alwin Dalitz was promoted to Sergeant on 14th August 1916.</span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By the 26th August 1916 Alwin was at Albert and bound for Mouquet Farm along the Labapaume Road. <br /><br />Two days later he was badly wounded with gunshot wounds to the groin and pelvic area. On this same day there were 3 KIA and 40 wounded from the 14th Battalion.<br /><br />Alwin was transferred to the 3rd Canadian General Hospital, then onto England. He did not return to duty until five months later on 16th January 1917.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />By the 11th April 1917 he was at the <a href="https://www.awm.gov.au/units/event_110.asp">Battle of Bullecourt</a> .....</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />Bullecourt, a village in northern France, was one of several villages to
be heavily fortified and incorporated into the defences of the
Hindenburg Line in 1917.<br /><br />In March 1917, the German army had
withdrawn to the Hindenburg Line in order to shorten their front and
thus make their positions easier to defend. This move was rapidly
followed up by the British and empire forces, and they launched an
offensive around Arras in early April 1917.<br /><br />To assist the Arras
operations, an attack was launched on Bullecourt on 11 April 1917 by the
4th Australian and 62nd British Divisions. The attack was hastily
planned and mounted and resulted in disaster. Tanks which were supposed
to support the attacking Australian infantry either broke down or were
quickly destroyed. Nevertheless, the infantry managed to break into the
German defences. Due to uncertainty as to how far they had advanced,
supporting artillery fire was withheld, and eventually the Australians
were hemmed in and forced to retreat. <br /><b><br />The two brigades of the 4th
Division that carried out the attack, the 4th and 12th, suffered over
3,300 casualties; 1,170 Australians were taken prisoner - the largest
number captured in a single engagement during the war.</b><i><span style="color: red;"></span></i></span><i><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">'<br /><span style="color: purple;"><br />Bullecourt, more than any other battle, shook the confidence of
Australian soldiers in the capacity of the British command; the errors,
especially on April 10th and 11th, were obvious to almost everyone'.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />on 25th December 1918 Alwin Dalitz was repatriated back to England along with other POW's and by March 1919 returned to Australia on board the HMAT KHYBER. Arriving in Melbourne on 12th May 1919.<br /><br /><b>Alwin Dalitz</b> married <b>Constance Anne Holland</b> in 1924 and died at Nhill in Victoria on 29th January 1969.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>a blog post titled:<br /><br />REMEMBERING THE DALITZ BROTHERS OF DIMBOOLA is located <a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/we-will-remember-them.html">here.</a></i></span></b></span><br />
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giving required training and orientation to the new officers and men.
The strengthened battalion then embarked from Mudros harbour for Anzac
Beach on the 31<sup>st</sup> of October, 1915. They <b>travelled with the 14<sup>th</sup> & 15<sup>th</sup>
Battalions on the SS Osmarich</b> and landed in two stages on that night
and the next day. The troops marched from the landing spot, having
bivouaced in Water-Course Gully overnight to reach and relieve soldiers
at Durrants Post on the 3<sup>rd</sup> of November, 1915.</i></span><br />
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major front-line stand. The efforts of these soldiers through-out
November included many reports of successful sniper attacks on the
enemy, including the innovative use of the new “telescope” rifles. There
was also much to be done in the work of tunnelling, trench digging and
reinforcement of the post (“every available man involved in the
construction of underground winter quarters”).</i></span><br />
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Diary the “Ruse of Silence” (effective for 48 hours) is commenced. This
was a very important tactic to eventually allow the Anzac troops to
withdraw in December but at this time it was still a strategy only known
to the top officers.</i></span><br />
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horrendous storms & deluges that washed away embattlements. During
all of November and into December the brave Diggers at Durrant’s Post
completed scouting patrols, employed sharp-shooters and snipers to
attack the enemy positions. The majority of the ‘fresh’ men continued
the work of holding the ground that had been secured at such a high cost
of lives lost, by both the Australian and particularly, in this area,
our New Zealand brothers.</i></span><br />
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preparations and preliminary evacuations took place while laying
charges, destroying equipment that could not be transported. The report
also suggests that they prepared automatically firing rifles, on delayed
timers, that would fool the enemy after they left. The evacuation then
took place for these men on the 18<sup>th</sup> and 19<sup>th</sup> of December with Captain Twynham playing a major part in getting his men out safely.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b><br /></b></i></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>*LEST WE FORGET THESE BRAVE MEN*</i></span></b><br />
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com0Dimboola VIC 3414, Australia-36.456173799999988 142.02799260000006-36.660700299999988 141.70526910000007 -36.251647299999988 142.35071610000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-22107534789803486692015-01-23T21:17:00.000+11:002015-01-23T21:32:51.619+11:00Cyril George BARTRAM [1889 - 1947]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Cyril George BARTRAM</b><br />born 14 August 1889 at 5 Hull Street in <br />Richmond, Victoria, Australia.<br /><br />his parents were:<br /><br />George Andrew BARTRAM<br />and<br />Isabella SHANDS<br /><br />Cyril had three sisters and four brothers<br />one brother, Percy William Henry BARTRAM </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">died in 1879 as an infant.<br /><br />the other three brothers were all KIA during WW1<br /><b><br /><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/reginald-percy-bartram-1880-1917.html">Reginald Percy BARTRAM [1880 - 1917]</a><br /><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/raymond-everard-bartram-1893-1917.html">Raymond Everard BARTRAM [1893 - 1917]</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/arnold-roy-bartram-1895-1917.html">Arnold Roy BARTRAM [1895 - 1917]</a></b><br /><br />Cyril's sisters were:<br /><br />Evelyn Constance BARTRAM [1883 - 1940]</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ethel Murial BARTRAM [1891 - 1955]<br />Clarice Edna BARTRAM [1896 - 1943]<br /><br />in 1916 - prior to his enlistment - Cyril married </span></span></div>
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He declared that he had never been convicted by the Civil Power, nor
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5' 9 1/2" tall, weighed 140 lbs, had chest measurements of 34 - 37", his
complexion was fresh, eyes were blue and he had brown hair. His
religion was Congregational. He had vaccination marks, 4 on his left
arm, 1 on his right. He had moles on his left cheek. He was
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14 Sep 1916, "Sick (slight)" and transferred to 3 Auxiliary Hospital on
28 Nov 1916. He was discharged from 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford,
Weymouth on 13 Dec 1916.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />By the 25th January 1917 Cyril was admitted to the Fargo Hospital in Salisbury. He was dangerously ill with post-cerebro meningitis.</span></span><br />
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Cyril George Bartram returned to Australia embarking England on
27 Jul 1917 on board HMAT A64 "Demosthenes" and disembarked, Melbourne,
on 24 Sep 1917 suffering Spinal Meningitis. He was discharged at
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returned, 19 May 1923. There is no indication of it being issued later,
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<i>"A by-election was held yesterday to fill a vacancy in the Black
Rock ward representation on the Sandringham Council, caused by the death
of Councillor W. G. Knott, Cyril George Bartram was elected by a
majority of 51 votes. He obtained XXX votes and his opponent William
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/reginald-percy-bartram-1880-1917.html">Reginald Percy BARTRAM</a></span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/raymond-everard-bartram-1893-1917.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></a></b></div>
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com0Sandringham VIC 3191, Australia-37.949593 145.003738-37.974634 144.96339749999999 -37.924552 145.0440785tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-9588267314702118692015-01-15T21:43:00.000+11:002015-01-15T21:43:42.228+11:00Reginald Percy Bartram [1880 - 1917]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">was born in Richmond, Victoria, Australia in 1880 </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to George Andrew BARTRAM and Isabella SHANDS.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reginald enlisted in the AIF </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">on 25 August 1916 at Royal Park.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">service # 6955 <br />
8th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He embarked from Melbourne on board </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>HMAT A20 Hororata</i> on 23 Nov 1916</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">was killed in action in </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Battle of Broodseinde at </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">on Thursday October 4 1917</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As
a boy, Reginald attended St James Grammar School in Melbourne and his
occupation at the time of enlistment was that of a compositor.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He married Lucy Mary BOUGHTON (sometimes spelt as BROUGHTON) on 11 Jan 1905 at the Presbyterian Church in Richmond.<br />
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<i>a little about Lucy.....</i><br />
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Lucy was born in December 1881 in Worcestershire, England, her parents
being Ellen WYATT and William Blockley BOUGHTON, a surgeon. She married
Reginald BARTRAM in 1905 when she was 23 years of age and bore him three
sons:<br />
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Ernest in 1906, Reginald in 1908 and then William in 1910.<br />
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Now at this point I am unsure of why Lucy was admitted to the Mont Park
Asylum in 1910 or maybe soon after the birth of William. Perhaps she
suffered from Post Natal Depression?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">as
noted in a letter from Reginald BARTRAM to the Army Base Records in
Melbourne on December 6 1916, she had been at Mont Park for 7 years </span><span style="font-size: large;">and there
is a query as to where she died in 1964 at Ararat. Was she a patient of
the Ararat Asylum too?<br />
<br />We also know that Reginald Bartram placed two of his sons in the
Melbourne Orphan Asylum prior to his departure for overseas duty. The
youngest child - William - died in 1925 and is buried at the Old
Cheltenham Cemetery. I am still doing research on the two older boys,
Ernest and Reginald.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">According
to one letter sent to the War Office in 1918 by Reginald's sister,
Evelyn Constance DINGEY (nee BARTRAM) it suggests that she has the care
of all three of them.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(as seen in images below)</span></i><br />
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is hard to imagine what these two young boys would have gone through
...... mother in the Asylum and had been for at least 7 years, their
paternal grandmother had recently died, their father heading off to war
and they were being placed in an orphanage - and to them, unloved and
unwanted. So incredibly sad. Yet the above letter suggests otherwise.</span></span><br />
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But I do wonder what happened to them and </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">where they ended up?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">even
the memorial notice in the Argus Newspaper in 1919 "suggests" that the
three boys were with Evelyn and her husband - William Dingley - at that
time.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"dearly loved daddy of Ernest, Reggie and Willie"</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In one letter from the AIF to Lucy (wife of Reginald)
states the effects of Reginald's being disc, belt, photo case, letters,
note book, cards,book of views, badges, testament were dispatched per
the <i>Barunga</i> on 20th Jun 1918 in case number 1106.<br /><br />But sadly, especially for his sons - on 15 Jul 1918 - the <i>Barunga</i> was </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">hit by a torpedo from a German
submarine 150 miles south west of the Scilly Isles </span>and Reginald's personal effects were 'lost at sea'.</span></span><br />
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way to Australia with 800 sick and wounded on board and was torpedoed at
4.30 pm on <b>15 July 1918. </b><br /><br /> Destroyers which had been some miles away
were quickly on the scene to pick up survivors and returned them to
Plymouth. All hands were saved before Barunga subsequently sank. <br /><br />SS
Barunga was formerly the German-Australian liner Sumatra of Hamburg,
captured at Sydney, NSW, at the outbreak of war. She was requisitioned
by the Australian Government and during the period 1915 -1918 was used to
transport troops and or produce in various areas.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
battle in which Reginald was killed, was bloody and fierce and many an
article can be found on the web of the Battle's of Broodseinde and
Passchendaele.</span></span></div>
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The very day Reginald was killed, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Australian Divisions captured Broodseinde Ridge on </span><b><span style="font-size: large;">4 October 1917. </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a vital victory. But, then it began to rain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Five
days later the 2nd Australian Division suffered heavily in a further
attack in the mud. Finally, on 12 October, another attack, involving the
3rd Division assisted by the 4th, was made against the village of
Passchendaele atop the main ridge. In the face of heavy fire, the men
fought in the mire while struggling to keep up with their artillery
barrages. Ground was taken but it could not be held. In wretched
conditions, with casualties mounting at an appalling rate, the
Australians had to fall back. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The troops were finally exhausted and could do no more; by 15 November they handed over to the Canadians.</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><b>image above</b>:<br />main image is of Reginald Percy Bartram<br /><br /><b>top right:</b><span id="caption"><br />Machine gunners of the 4th Australian Division, Garter Point, </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="caption">Ypres, Belgium, 27 September 1917.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">in the railway cutting on Broodseinde Ridge, </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">in the Ypres sector, Belgium, during the battle of Passchendaele.</span></i></div>
<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><b>lower right:</b><span style="font-size: small;"> <br />Broodseinde with four German shells exploding near the Australian trenches</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The following image is of the Red Cross Missing in Action Cards from members of Reginald's Battalion in the hopes of identifying where he was buried.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><br />*Bartram was killed by a shell which went right through him in Passchendaale.<br /><br />*I was in the same advance. A shell exploded near casualty, killing him instantly.<br /><br />*I did not see casualty killed, but I saw his body the same afternoon as I was going for water.<br /><br />*He was at the Menin Road on 4th October, we attacked at daybreak. Bartram was laying in a shell hole on "no mans land".</span></span><br />
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YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,<br />
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium<br />
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<span id="caption" style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bartram Reginald Percy</span></b></i></span><br />
<span id="caption" style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">K.I.A Thursday, 4th October 1917</span></b></i></span><br />
<span id="caption" style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 36yrs</span></b></i></span><br />
<span id="caption" style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Son of George Andrew and Isabella Bartram;</span></b></i></span><br />
<span id="caption" style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">husband of Lucy M. Bartram.</span></b></i></span><br />
<span id="caption" style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Native of Richmond, Victoria.</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span id="caption"><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>I have often thought that many a youngster when he was hit out there </i></b></span></span></span><br />
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“well at least they’ll remember me in Australia”. <br />
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C.E.W. Bean</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(18 November 1879 – 30 August 1968), </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">usually identified as <b>C.E.W. Bean</b>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">was an Australian schoolmaster, judge's associate, barrister </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">journalist, war correspondent and historian.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bean is renowned as the editor of the 12-volume <i><br />Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918</i>. Bean wrote Volumes I to VI <br />himself, dealing with the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Australian Imperial Force at Gallipoli, France and Belgium. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bean was instrumental in the establishment of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_War_Memorial" title="Australian War Memorial">Australian War Memorial</a>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and of the creation and popularisation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZAC_spirit" title="ANZAC spirit">ANZAC legend</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/arnold-roy-bartram-1895-1917.html"><span id="caption"><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Arnold Roy BARTRAM d. 13 May 1917 France</i></b></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/raymond-everard-bartram-1893-1917.html"><span id="caption"><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Raymond Everard BARTRAM d. 07 June 1917 Belgium</i></b></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Ernest George BARTRAM</b> was born in Brunswick in 1906. In May 1921, according to the letter from Evelyn Bartram, Ernie Bartram was
'traveling' at the time the Army wanted to pass on his fathers medals. So perhaps he did not receive his fathers medals.<br /><br />In
the Electoral Rolls of 1937, I located one Ernest George BARTRAM as
residing at 64 Union St, Prahran. But this is NOT CONFIRMED as being the
same person.<br /><br />In the Electoral Rolls of 1980, I located one Ernest George BARTRAM as
residing at 17 Langston St, Bendigo. But this is NOT CONFIRMED as being the
same person.<br /><br />no further information on Ernest George BARTRAM has come to hand.<br /><br /><b>Reginald Arthur BARTRAM</b>
was born in Brunswick in 1908. I have not had much success in locating
any information on him, but on checking the Electoral Rolls of 1937 I
see a person by the name of Reginald Arthur BARTRAM residing on his own
at 6 Alison Rd, Caulfield West. Then In 1980 a person by this name is
residing alone at 8 Laburnum St, Blackburn.<br /><br />So went back to the
1949 Electoral Roll and see a Reginald Arthur BARTRAM residing with a
person by the name of Marcelle Louise BARTRAM. I checked on this person
and note that she was born in Malvern on 26 Aug 1909 and died at
Blackburn on 26th April 1974.<br /><br />There is <b>NO CONFIRMATION</b>
that the Reginald Arthur BARTRAM is the same as the one I am looking
for. <br /><br />Admittedly the name BARTRAM is not common, and I doubt there would
be anyone else by this name in Victoria, Australia. <br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">But until I can confirm it, will leave it here to be noted only.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reginald Percy Bartram's name will be projected onto the exterior of the Hall of Memory at the AWM in Canberra on:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thu 14 August, 2014 at 8:07 pm</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, <br />service # 2682 aboard the SS Makarini on 15 Sept 1915<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>*note</b><i>:<br /> <a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/we-will-remember-them.html">The DALITZ Brothers</a> of Horsham and <a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/allan-wesley-walkeden-1897-1916.html">Allan Wesley WALKEDEN</a> from Tasmania also set sail on board the HMAT MAKARINI in September 1915</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just 4 weeks later Ray Bartram became dangerously ill with appendicitis and did not recover until after Christmas in December 1915.<br /><br />In March 1916 he was given 14 days detention for "pilfering goods at the Abu-Sueur Railway Station".<br /><br />By July 1916 the 46th Battalion occupied the Front Line at Sailly-le-Sec in France. By August the Battalion was part of the Battle of Pozieres which was a two week struggle for the village of Pozieres and the ridge on which it stood. <br /><br />The following month (September 1916) the 46th Battalion made an unsuccessful raid against Hollandscheshuur Farm Salient. The raid consisted 3 Officers and 46 'other ranks'.<br /><br />Ray was admitted to hospital twice in October 1916 with "septic hands" and rejoined his unit on 27th. This would have been a terrible time for all the men as it was written in the <br /><a href="http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/battlefields/flers-somme-1916-1917.html">"Australians on the Western Front 1914 - 1918"</a> re the winter of 1916:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>The autumn rains had set in by the time the Australians reached the
Somme and the whole battlefield had become a sea of mud. Broken ground,
easily traversed in dry weather, was a bog. Trenches and tracks were
often impassable. It could take relays of stretcher-bearers many hours
to bring in a wounded man, the mud slowing the journey to a kilometre an
hour.</i><br /><br />Early in December the 46th Battalion was at the "New Carlton Camp" situated near Bazentin, Somme, France, 10 klms behind the front line engaged in road making and from there marched on to Dernancourt where they stayed until early January.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On 18 November 1916, the Battle of the Somme officially ended and for
the remainder of the winter of 1916–17 the Australians garrisoned the
line east of Flers. From there they kept pressure on the Germans by
means of small attacks and raids. However, the main battle was against
mud, rain and frost-bite. </span></span></i><br />
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so major efforts were made to repair approach roads to allow supplies
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across the sea of mud. Supplies of hot food, leather waistcoats, thigh
boots, worsted gloves, dry socks gradually reached the front where they
made the awful conditions if not better at least bearable. In the rear,
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has been argued that the Battle of Messines was the most successful
local operation of the war, certainly of the Western Front. Carried out
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left to right: 6955 Private (Pte) Reginald Percy Bartram, 37th
Battalion; 2304 Pte Arnold Roy Bartram, 60th Battalion; and probably
2682 Sergeant (Sgt) Raymond Everard Bartram, 46th Battalion.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="objectDescription">Arnold Roy BARTRAM - KIA 13 May 1917</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="objectDescription">Raymond Everard BARTRAM - KIA 07 June 1917</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="objectDescription">Reginald Percy BARTRAM - KIA 04 Oct 1917</span></span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3rd May 2012 and can now be found <a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/arnold-roy-bartram-1895-1917.html"><b>here</b></a>.<br /><br /><b>Reginald Percy Bartram</b> is located <b><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/reginald-percy-bartram-1880-1917.html">here</a>.</b><br /><br />and the cousin of "The Bartram Brothers" <b>Leslie Norman Krause</b> also has a blog post <b><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/leslie-norman-krause-1896-1917.html">here.</a></b></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sun 11 January, 2015 at 2:07 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wed 4 March, 2015 at 10:51 pm</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mon 1 June, 2015 at 3:44 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wed 8 July, 2015 at 9:26 pm</span></span></li>
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com0Ieper, Belgium50.849999999999987 2.883333300000003950.689654499999989 2.5606098000000039 51.010345499999985 3.2060568000000038tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-38987981403547310932015-01-15T21:39:00.000+11:002015-01-22T21:08:43.825+11:00Arnold Roy BARTRAM [1895 - 1917]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">He embarked from Melbourne for Plymouth per the </span>H.M.A.T. "Orsova," on the 1st of August 1916 with the 4th reinforcements <span style="font-weight: normal;">and then proceeded to France per the "Princess Henrietta," on the 6th of December 1916. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By the 24th January the 60th Bn was at Needle Trench (near Lesboeufs) in France. The morning seemed to be 'quiet' but by the afternoon Needle Trench was being heavily shelled. The 60th Battalion asked for retaliation which was successful in stopping the enemy's shelling.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The 60th Battalion were around Longueval for the first couple of weeks of February, when they then moved on to the Flers area. Longueval is near where the Battle of Delville Wood took place in late 1916.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enemy artillery was active throughout the cold and frosty night of 4th March, where they were still in the Flers area. Arnold<span style="font-weight: normal;"> was admitted to hospital for gastroenteritis on the </span>13th of March, but back with his Battalion the following week. By the 18th the 60th Bn had evacuated and moved onto Fremicourt where they stayed until 25th March.<br /><br />During the month of April, the Battalion moved from Beaulencourt, St Aubin, then back to Beaulencourt and onto Mametz<span style="font-size: large;"> where </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">they arrived at 5:00pm on 20th April. <span style="font-size: large;">The complete Battalion</span> was engaged in camp cleaning & cleansing of persons<span style="font-size: large;"> and <span style="font-size: large;">stayed at</span></span> M<span style="font-size: large;">ametz</span> for the duration of April.<br /><br /> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>during the first half of 1917<br />which also shows the movement of Arnold Bartram during this time, where he was KIA and where buried.<br /><br />A - Lesboeufs - January 1917<br /><br />B - Mametz - April 1917<br /><br />C - Fricourt - January 1917<br /><br />D - Longueval - January 1917<br /><br />E - Haplincourt - March 1917<br /><br />F - Beulencourt - April 1917<br /><br />G - Noreuil - May 1917 - KIA at the second Battle of Bullecourt.<br /><br />H - Grevillers Cemetery - where burie</i>d.</span></span><br />
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though rather overcast with strong NE winds...... <br />04 May 1917 - fine,
warm & clear day with little wind...... <br />05 May 1917 - fine, warm and
overcast. ... <br />06 May 1917 - fine, warm & windy.<br /><br />O<span style="font-size: large;">n the 10th May the 60th Battalion were at Noreuil and at 10:00am the diary notes that the men were</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> improving their dugouts & clearing up the area they were occupying. <br /><br />By 9:00pm D Company - who were located in a sunken road on the opposite side of the
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At 12:30am on the morning of 12th May 1917, B & C Company (Arnold was in C Company) marched forward and took over front <span style="font-size: large;">and </span>support line trenches from 58th Battalion. At 2.30am the enemy was shelling the
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6955 Private (Pte) Reginald Percy Bartram, 37th Battalion; 2304 Pte
Arnold Roy Bartram, 60th Battalion; and probably 2682 Sergeant (Sgt)
Raymond Everard Bartram, 46th Battalion. Pte Reginald Bartram was killed
in action in Belgium on 4 October 1917 aged 36 years. Pte Arnold
Bartram died of gun shot wounds in France on 13 May 1917 aged 21 years.
Sgt Raymond Bartram enlisted as a private on 3 July 1915 and embarked
from Melbourne with 8th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, aboard SS
Makarini on 15 September 1915. From October 1915 until 26 December 1915
he was dangerously ill with an appendicitis. In March 1916 he
transferred to the 46th Battalion and on 8 December 1916 he was promoted
to corporal. On 26 May 1917 he was promoted to sergeant. He was killed
in action in Belgium on 7 June 1917 aged 23 years. Another brother 2126
Private (Pte) Cyril George Bartram, 58th Battalion, returned to
Australia on 27 July 1917 due to constant illness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blog post on <b>Raymond Everard Bartram</b> has been updated and can be found <a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/raymond-everard-bartram-1893-1917.html"><b>here</b></a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Reginald Percy Bartram</b> is located <b><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/reginald-percy-bartram-1880-1917.html">here</a>.</b><br /><br />and the cousin of "The Bartram Brothers" <b>Leslie Norman Krause</b> also has a blog post <b><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/leslie-norman-krause-1896-1917.html">here.</a></b></span></span></div>
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com1Bullecourt, France50.193077 2.929086999999981350.152414 2.8484059999999811 50.233740000000004 3.0097679999999816tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-25091578366863159412014-09-24T20:52:00.002+10:002014-09-25T08:16:24.383+10:00William Stanley ORMANDY [1883 - 1917]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">William Ormandy was born in Macarthur in June 1883, Macarthur is 66 klms NE of Portland, in the south west area of Victoria, Australia.<br /><br />His parents were George Samuel ORMANDY and Grace LINDSAY who were married at Branxholme in December 1865. George was born in Lancashire, England and Grace was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland.<br /><i><br />I know little of William Stanley Ormandy, certainly no one in the family has passed on any information that I know of, so have taken most of the information of his life whilst in the AIF from his attestation papers and from the 4th MGC diaries available through the NAA (National Archives of Australia) and the AWM (Australian War Memorial) websites.</i></span></span></div>
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4 Division Machine Gun Company and 24 Australian Machine Gun Company,
AIF, showing a central white circle on a black background, below which
are two crossed guns in yellow. Summary Worn as a distinguishing
unit indication at the head of each sleeve from 1917. The two crossed
guns were the patch of the Machine Gun Corps, although they was not worn
by machine gun squadrons allotted to the Light Horse brigades.</span></span></span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />On the 29th September 1916 William enlisted in the AIF with the 4th Machine Gun Company with service number 560. He embarked Melbourne on board the HMAT ORSOVA on 6th December 1916 bound for Plymouth, England where he arrived in February 1917</span></span></div>
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some months of training in England he proceeded to France on board the
PRINCESS VICTORIA, but just four days after his arrival at Boulogne he
was admitted to hospital with German Measles and did not rejoin his unit
again until 22nd May 1917.<br /><br /><b>30 May 1917</b><br /><br />The 4th MGC proceeded to the reinforcement camp at Morbecque in the north of France.<br /><br /><b>7 June 1917</b><br /><span style="color: red;"><br /><b>The Battle of Messines Ridge</b></span></span></span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and from the AWM (Australian War Memorial) site:<br /><br /><i>Successful British assault on the Messines-Wytschaete Ridge, a strongly
held strategic position on the Western Front, which had been held by the
Germans since late 1914. The offensive operation was the product of
long preparation, detailed planning and sound training carried out by
General Plumer's Second Army. The initial assault was preceded by the
detonation of 19 mines under the German font line which caused an
estimated 10 000 German casualties. British, Australian and New Zealand
infantry advanced behind a carefully co-ordinated artillery bombardment
and took all their objectives within the first hours of the battle.
German counter attacks the following day failed, and although German
resistance continued until 14 June, British, Australian and New Zealand
forces retained possession of the captured areas. The battle is often
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Australian Machine Gun Company, in a front line trench approximately one
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />William was admitted to hospital - in field - with septic abrasion to the buttock. One week later on the 16th July he rejoined his unit.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">29 August 1917</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />still at Ploegsteert Woods, Belgium and all
men given morning off to tidy themselves up and bath themselves.
Afternoon cleaning of all gun gear & packing & cleaning of
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being held by section officers and attention being paid to socks.
Billets were cleared & gun gear & wagons packed ready. The next morning (2nd September) the men were embussing at 9:00am at Merville. Arrived at Lisbourg about 3.00pm and marched to Crepy where they were billeted with 16th Battalion.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The attack commenced at 5.50am 26 September, 1917 with the Australian 4th and 5th Divisions and 5 British divisions following an artillery barrage on a 10 kilometre front. The Australian 4th and 5th Divisions were responsible for a front of about 2,500 metres. All northern objectives were taken while on the southern front captured all their objectives as well as some objectives assigned to X Corps. One of the main objectives was Polygon Wood Butts, which in peacetime was the Ypres district rifle range. From the Butts the Germans commanded an excellent view of all targets with their machine guns. This was also taken.<br /><br />This was designed as the second blow of the Ypres battle. Casualties on both sides were about equal. The Australian 4th Division captured all its objectives and sustained 1,717 casualties. The more heavily engaged Australian 5th Division suffered 5,471 dead and wounded. The Allied forces were now in a position to strike at the main Broodseinde ridge.</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Polygon Wood is a small wood which is about four miles east of Ypres.
The wood was sometimes known as Racecourse Wood, as there was a track
within it. Before the Great War, Polygon Wood was by the Belgian Army
and within it stands a large mound, known as the Butte, which was used
for musketry training. On the Butte today stands a memorial to the 5th
Australian Division.<br /><br />During the War, Polygon Wood was totally
destroyed, and the wood was replanted after the war. There are 'rides'
or tracks running through the wood which can be walked, and in terms of
the Great War, there is a large cemetery, plus a New Zealand Memorial to
the Missing as well as the Australian Memorial within the wood itself.
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entrances to the two sites are directly opposite on either side of the
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">William Stanley Ormandy's name will be projected onto the exterior of the Hall of Memory (AWM) in Canberra on: </span></span></span></h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fri 24 October, 2014 at 5:39 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wed 17 December, 2014 at 5:38 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tue 10 February, 2015 at 3:02 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wed 1 April, 2015 at 11:42 pm</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wed 13 May, 2015 at 8:27 pm</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mon 22 June, 2015 at 1:59 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wed 29 July, 2015 at 6:56 pm</span></span></li>
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com1Ypres, Belgium50.8492265 2.877938800000038150.688881 2.5552153000000382 51.009572 3.200662300000038tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-6129763887128811252014-09-12T19:38:00.003+10:002014-09-12T19:56:43.730+10:00Samuel James Naismith [1895 - 1918]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Samuel James Naismith was born in 1895 at Tumbarumba to Samuel James Naismith and Eliza Quinn (nee Wilson). The small town of Tumbarumba is located North-East of Albury in New South Wales, Australia.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />By the age of 20 years (& 5 months) Samuel had enlisted in the 5th Battalion AIF in Melbourne. Both parents had given written consent. His enlistment papers record that his eyes were grey, his complexion fair and his hair light brown. His occupation was that of a saddler (one who made saddles, harnesses, horse collars, bridles, etc.) and his religion was listed as Presbyterian.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After training was completed at Broadmeadows Army Camp, Samuel embarked Melbourne on board the HMAT NESTOR on 11th October 1915 bound for the Middle East via Fremantle (West Australia) </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/william-murdoch-le-brun-1895-1916.html"><br />William Le Brun</a> - another family member, but unknown to each other - departed Melbourne on board HMAT A71
"Nestor" on 11 October 191. William was in the 7th Battalion </span></span></i><br />
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Sunday the 17th, but the diggers weren’t allowed ashore and only stopped long
enough to offload four chaps who were quite ill. There had been an
outbreak of measles and other disease's in the preceding days. All were
given vaccinations once underway.<br /><br /> Various diary entries refer to the sea being <i>‘as smooth as glass’</i>; to flying fish; whales squirting water into the air and <i>‘porpoises playing in front of the boat.’</i><br /><br /> By October 31st they were already in the Gulf of Aden and</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> entered the Red Sea on the 1st November. On the 4th of November at
around 10:00 pm, they anchored about 3 miles off Suez. Unfortunately one
of the cooks didn’t quite make it there and died just the day before
and was buried at sea. <br /><br />With the excitement of their arrival though,
and the beauty of the bright lights on shore, everyone was in high
spirits however they weren’t to disembark until the morning of the 6th.
The ensuing train trip to Heliopolis took another seven long hours
arriving at 5:30 pm. <br /><br />Despite their arduous journey, they went into
Cairo that night to be greeted by <i>‘a filthy place’ </i>and <i>‘natives [who] try to take you down.’ </i></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Generally, it was hot and dusty most of the time and money was scarce.
By the end of November (1915) bayonet drills had been common and there was
talk of the possibility of an uprising against them from the locals. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />On 4th December (1915) Samuel was admitted to the 4th Auxiliary Hospital in Abbassia with mumps. </span><span style="font-size: large;">There were multiple hospitals for the armed forces at Abbassia, including
the No. 4 Auxiliary Hospital and the 3rd and 14th Australian General
Hospitals. The former was of smaller size than the General Hospitals,
and the inside view of a ward in 1916 is shown below with patients, nurses and
doctors.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Abbassia is a neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt</span></span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>ARTILLERY BARRACKS, 1915 [EGYPT]</i></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By March 1916
Samuel was at the Garrison Camp at Zeitoun in the Reserve Brigade
awaiting orders to be dispatched to Europe. He embarked Alexandria in
Egypt for B.E.F. </span><span style="font-size: large;">(British Expeditionary Force) on 29th March 1916 and disembarked at Marseilles on 4th April.<br /><br />By the first week of June (1916) he was 'taken on strength' from the 5th Battalion into the 1st Pioneers Battalion.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>25th July 1916</b> ~ <br /><br />Samuel Naismith and the rest of his Battalion found themselves in the Front Line right in The Battle of Pozieres...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For three days, 24 to 26 July 1916, the Germans relentlessly bombarded
Pozières. The aim of this concentrated shelling was not simply to
prepare for a counter–attack but to inflict as much damage and loss on
the Australians as possible. <br /><br />Also shelled were the approaches to the
village, by which vital supplies entered and hundreds of walking
wounded and stretcher–bearers carrying the severely injured exited. One
of these approaches was the ‘sunken road’, which reached Pozières from
the countryside to the south–west on the other side of the main road
just opposite First Australian Division Street. Enemy shells rained down
on the village’s main street and along the ‘sunken road’ for most of 24
July.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>24 October 1916</b> ~ <br /><br />the Battalion </span><span style="font-size: large;">left billets in Dernancourt at 1400 hours & proceeded to Pommiers Camp arriving at about 1730.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> " ..... and worming its way on foot through traffic for another ten miles in the afternoon, turned off the crowded road at dusk into a muddy plateau known as "Pommiers Camp", near Montauban. Here, as no cover was available for three quarters of the men, the majority slept in the open, improvising what shelter they could with their blankets and water-proof sheets. Little rain had fallen since the previous day, but there was a heavy frost and the ground was wet ... "</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1st November 1916</b> ~ </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The end of the Somme, Nov 1916 The worsening weather & physical destruction
of the battlefield made life hellish for attackers & defenders
alike. So October and November saw the two last attacks, The Battle of
Transloy Ridges and Battle of the Ancre.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">during the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Battle of Transloy Ridge in France, Samuel was wounded in action, in the field with a GSW (Gun Shot Wound) to the leg, wrist and back. On the 12th he was moved to England for medical treatment and by the 16th he was being admitted to the 2nd Southern General Hospital with severe GSW to the left leg.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The conditions in which the stretcher bearers had to carry the <br />injured men to the Casualty Clearing Stations.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>12th February 1917</b> ~<br /><br />Samuel Naismith was at Perham Downs for rehab. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perham Downs was an AIF army camp on the edge of the Salisbury Plain in England, and Sam reported there after being at Furlough.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perham Downs Camp, near Tidworth in England</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />This was when his father - also named <a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/samuel-james-naismith-1867-1941.html"><b>Samuel James Naismith</b></a> - enlisted in the AIF and embarked Melbourne on 11th May 1917 heading towards Europe.<br /><br /><b>29 Jul 1917</b> ~<br /><br />After spending sometime at Perham Downs recovering from his injuries, Samuel was attached to the 15th T</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">raining Battalion</span></span> at Hurdcott, near Fovant in Wiltshire. But by October he proceeded to rejoin his unit - 1st Pioneer Battalion - at Havre, in Belgium.<br /><br /><b>1st March 1918</b> ~<br /><br />The Battle of Yrpes and a major Battle in which the 1st Pioneer Battalion took part.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Battalion was sending it's companies up to the front lines - a distance of 8 klms - from
Godezonne Farm, digging and repairing trenches, MG pits, shelters, etc.
During the month of March they had 2 that were killed and 65 wounded performing these duties.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>11th September 1918</b> ~<br /><br />Battalion moved by march route to Tincourt area of France.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>17th September 1918</b> ~<br /><br />Samuel James Naismith was Killed in Action:</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tincourt, Somme, Picardie, France</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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- enemy mine. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The 1st Pioneers Battalion were doing general road repairs and
two diggers (one being Samuel) were killed by an explosion of enemy
'booby trap'</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Samuel Naismith is buried at the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tincourt New British Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot: V. E. 7.<br /><br />He was 23 years of age.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roll of Honour name projection at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.<br /></span></span></h3>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Samuel James Naismith's name will be projected onto the exterior of the Hall of Memory at the AWM on:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sun 26 October, 2014 at 2:15 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fri 19 December, 2014 at 2:54 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wed 11 February, 2015 at 10:37 pm</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fri 3 April, 2015 at 3:13 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thu 14 May, 2015 at 11:58 pm</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tue 23 June, 2015 at 4:05 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thu 30 July, 2015 at 9:02 pm</span></span></li>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">These dates and times are estimates. The
actual time of projection could change as a result of weather and other
factors, so it is advisable to check closer to the date. In the rare
event of a temporary loss of electrical power, the names scheduled for
display in that period will not appear until the next time listed.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1st Australian Pioneer Battalion </b>...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The 1st AIF was a purely volunteer force for the duration of the war. In Australia, two plebiscites on conscription were defeated, thereby preserving the volunteer status but stretching the AIF's reserves towards the end of the war.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Australian_Imperial_Force#cite_note-2"></a></sup>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> A total of 331,814 Australians were sent overseas to serve as part of
the AIF, which represented 13% of the white male population. Of these,
18% (61,859) were killed. The casualty rate (killed or wounded) was 64%.
<br /><br />About 2,100 women served with the 1st AIF, mainly as nurses. Close to 20% of those who served in the 1st AIF had been born in the United Kingdom
but all enlistments had to occur in Australia (there were a few
exceptions). As a volunteer force, all units were demobilized at the end
of the war.<br /><i><span style="font-size: small;"><br />*i</span></i></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="reference-text">t should be noted however, that the term
'1st AIF' was in use as early as August 1914, in anticipation that a 2nd
AIF would one day be formed.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The following are a few links that were of great help with the blog posting of Samuel Naismith so that I could record his life in the AIF as close as possible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span class="reference-text">some of the above - re the journey in October 1915 on board the HMAT NESTOR - are from the diary of Bert Manderson as written <a href="http://empirecall.pbworks.com/w/page/30194738/Manderson%20A%20L%20G%20%20%20Pte%20%20%203360">here</a>. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="reference-text"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1069476--1-.PDF">Fleurs - The Somme Battle Ends</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/pozieres-australian-memorial/visiting-pozieres/bombardment-of-pozieres-24-26-july-1916.php">Bombardment of Pozieres</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/">Australian War Memorial</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.naa.gov.au/">National Archives of Australia</a></span></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />With grateful thanks to all of the above websites.</span></span><br />
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com1Somme, France49.914518 2.270709500000066348.607181000000004 -0.3110774999999335 51.221855 4.8524965000000666tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-77362893342505103262014-09-08T17:17:00.000+10:002015-04-07T15:43:32.834+10:00Samuel James NAISMITH [1867 - 1941]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Samuel James Naismith was born in 1867 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia. Samuel was the fourth child of James Naismith and Hannah Barnes.<br /> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Samuel lived in the Wimmera District for a few years and then in 1894 - at the age of 27 - left Warracknabeal and moved to the district around Tumbarumba in New South Wales. This is where he met the widow - Eliza Quinn - and they had a son they named Samuel James Naismith. Samuel (junior) was born at Tumbarumba on 23rd May 1895. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Four years later - in 1899 - Samuel James Naismith married Eliza Quinn (nee Wilson).<br /><br /> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In 1903, Samuel was reported as "missing' by his brother - Hiram Thomas Naismith. Hiram mentioned in the Police Gazette of NSW that Samuel had been missing for just on 9 years. There is no record of them locating each other, but one can only assume so. We do have the census records of 1914 Samuel & Eliza residing at 39 Cliff St, Prahran and at 25 Portland St, South Yarra where his occupation is a brick maker.</span></span><br />
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number 3694 and allocated to the 2nd Pioneer Battalion. By the 11th May
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</span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pioneer Battalions were essentially light military combat engineers
organised like the infantry and located at the very forward edge of the
battle area. They were used to develop and enhance protection and
mobility for supported troops and to deny it to the enemy. They
constructed defensive positions, command posts and dugouts, prepared
barbed wire defences and on occasion breached those of the enemy using
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and maintenance to road and track preparation and maintenance. They
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</span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Although they had existed in the Indian Army before 1914, pioneer
battalions were used on a large scale by Commonwealth forces on the
Western Front during the First World War. Because of its largely static
nature, there was a much heavier reliance on field defences and the
provision of mobility support to get people weapons ammunition rations
and stores up to the front and casualties out. Roads and railways
needed to be built maintained and repaired.<br /></span></span></i><br />
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</span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While these were also Engineer tasks, Engineers alone could not meet
the heavy demand, while riflemen were always needed at the front.
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</span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The 2nd Pioneers were raised in 1916 and were engaged in every action
undertaken by the 2nd Division, starting at Pozieres and Mouquet Farm
in mid 1916 through Bullecourt and Third Ypres in 1917, the stemming of
the German tide in the Spring Offensive of 1918, action in the north of
France during June July 1916 around Merris culminating in the final
stages of the Hundred Days campaign in late 1918.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In January 1918 he proceeded overseas to France and was taken on strength by the 2nd Pioneer Battalion. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Samuel was attached to the Australian Graves Detachment and began the
work of locating, burying and reburying the Australian dead,
particularly around Amiens. <br /><br />In September of that same year (1918) his only son - also named <a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/samuel-james-naismith-1895-1918.html"><b>Samuel James Naismith</b></a> - was KIA at Tincourt, Somme, France. He was killed by an enemy mine early on the morning of 17th September 1918.<br /><br />One year later - Samuel Naismith - returned to Australia on board the PORT DENISON arriving into Melbourne on 13th November 1919.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />There is a report of Sam and his wife (Eliza) leaving Temora in July 1936 and then moving to Bowen in Queensland, they obviously did not stay there too long and returned to Cootamundra Road, Temora where he lived with his wife Eliza. He died there at the age of 74 years on 4th July 1941. <br /><br />next blog post is on his son - <a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/samuel-james-naismith-1895-1918.html">Samuel James Naismith</a> - who was KIA on 17th September 1918 in the Tincourt area of France.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.</span></span><br />
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-35858392221358621912014-08-31T13:36:00.000+10:002014-09-25T21:47:04.007+10:00Albert Henry BLACKMORE [1894 - 1918]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Albert Henry Blackmore was the third child of John Alexander Blackmore and Edith Caroline Riggs. He was born at Maldon in Victoria, Australia on 7th November 1894.<br /><br />He had four sisters, Alice born in 1891, then Clarice in 1892, Violet in 1897, Miriam in 1901 and then a brother named Colin that was born in 1904.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Alice was born in Broken Hill in NSW, but died before she reached one year old.</span></span><br />
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of the first rain storm we had experienced in Egypt and found that the few tents on our
camping ground were occupied by our 4<sup>th</sup>, 5<sup>th</sup> and part of our 6<sup>th</sup>
reinforcements. After a few days when we had sorted ourselves out we found that we were in
camp alongside the 1<sup>st</sup> Division. Both Divisions were complete with artillery,
engineers and all division troops for the first time, our own divisional artillery and
engineers having arrived from Australia to join us.<br /><br />The Battalion stayed at Tel-el-kebir training till the 25<sup>th</sup>
January (1916) when the Division moved out to take over the Canal Zone defences. We travelled by
train to Ismailia---Moasar and marched to Ferry Post. Next day we marched from Ferry Post
to our defensive position near Hog Back, ten miles in a straight line. After
consultation with some who took part in most of our marches, the writer unhesitatingly
puts this down as the worst "promenade" we ever did. Every man was fully
equipped with extra ammunition, rations and two blankets in addition to the ordinary
Etceteras. When we reached the end the ‘Q’ department had failed and we solaced
ourselves on Bully beef, biscuits and very little water. And all this in the heat of the
Egyptian sun; yes it was some march.</i></span></span></div>
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time by day, and one night in four each company had a run on outpost duty. We owed a great
deal of our efficiency in France to the six weeks spent guarding the Canal. In February
the Brigade Machine Gun Company was formed and the Battalion M.G. Officer and Sergeant
attended a course of Lewis Gunnery at Ismailia.</i></span></span></div>
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the rain once more en route for Alexandria where next day we embarked on the
"Minnewaska" for Marseilles. The voyage was pleasant as regards weather but
nervy as regards submarines and we were glad to tie up safety alongside a French wharf in
the afternoon of the 24<sup>th</sup> March. The 2<sup>nd</sup> Division was the first
Australian unit in France except the Siege Artillery and the 1<sup>st</sup> Divisional
Motor Transport. This being the case our reception was exceptionally enthusiastic. During
our three days train journey from Marseilles to Aire. We were delighted by the sight of
the green countryside, the broad sweep of the Rhone and the undoubted warmth of our
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first billets in Glominghem; more rain. Thus early in our career we had established that
the 21<sup>st</sup> Battalion moved either in the rain or on a Sunday. At Glominghem we
were practiced in route marching on hard roads again, a change from the desert and put
through a gas cloud. The 6<sup>th</sup> Light Trench Mortar Battery, our friends
throughout the war came into being at this time. Their little weapon, the Stokes Mortar at
once took the fancy of us all and ever since when in trouble we have called for the little
guns, and found them at their posts. During our stay at Glominghem, we were reviewed by
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night at Haverskerque (13 miles) and the second at Sailly (10 miles)".</i></span></span></div>
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left Sailly for the front line on the evening of the 7th April to take
over from the 10th Battalion, Lincoln Regt."</span></span></i></div>
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of the desert; satisfied with the thought that we were now to take part in a campaign in
which there was a possibility of warfare of movement; fit as fiddles, trained to a hair
and broken in to the sights and sounds of warfare. We were some Battalion. The idea of
warfare of movement remained our dream for more than two years before we actually saw it.
Not till the summer of 1918 did we know the joy of having the Hun on the run. Our dreams
were then justified and as General Monash has said, we realised that there is no such
tonic for weary troops as success.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Early June 1916:</b><br />Training, rifle cleaning, Church Parades etc in the Rue Marle area of France.<br /><br /><b>22nd June 1916:</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Albert was transferred to England on 22 June, admitted to University War
Hospital on 23 June, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Possibly Bacterial and viral infections of the gastrointestinal tract, transferred to Enteric Depot, Woldingham on 8th
July 1916. Discharged 25 July 1916.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">26th July 1916:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">21st Battalion getting ready to hit the Front line at Pozieres.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">30th July 1916:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">preparing orders for attack on German Lines & making prem.
arrangements re keeping direction etc. Taking over the trenches from
23rd Battalion. 21st Battalion to relieve same in the afternoon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> 21st August 1916:</b><br />Roue March from Vadencourt to Brickfields near ALBERT. Then to TARA GULLY, SAUSAGE VALLEY & WIRE TRENCH.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By November 1916 the 21st Battalion were in billets at Dernancourt and by the 20th December they were relieving the 59th Battalion at the Front Line.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Early in 1917 they were still in the trenches in France with continual heavy bombardment from the enemy. This continued through till the end of February 1917.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">in hospital for at total of 76 days due to Rat bites.</span></span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1st March 1917:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">in hospital 37 days due to RAT BITE behind the left ear. Bitten by rats
in the trenches at Loupart Bastian. General condition poor. Then in June was again bitten behind the ear by rats. Infected glands large & tender. Heart/pulse rapid. In hospital another 39 days.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">"In the cramped trenches, many parasites thrived. The worst of these were
the rodents: rats gorged themselves on human remains, and grew to
massive sizes: some reported rats as big as domestic cats. The rats
would also sometimes eat the fresh rations of the soldiers, and nibble
at the soldiers themselves as they slept or if they were wounded. The
rodents would attack a corpse's eyes, and then burrow themselves into
the bodies. They were a terrible problem: as one pair of rats can
produce as much as 880 offspring a year, the trenches were soon crawling
with millions of them. Some men made pets of the animals as company,
but most rats were fearsome creatures"</span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1st October 1917</b>:</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />in October participated in the 3-kilometre advance that captured
Broodseinde Ridge, east of Ypres. Like the rest of the AIF the battalion
saw out the year recuperating from the trials of the Ypres sector.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Ypres in the autumn in
1917 was an area of muddy shell holes over which only the paths were corduroy roads and
duckboard tracks. These were all well registered by the enemy and movement was difficult in
the forward areas. The battle on the 4<sup>th</sup> October (1917) was a Triumph as also was the
following show on the 9<sup>th</sup>; both however cost us (21st Bn) dearly. In the two shows we
lost particularly heavily in officers, thirteen killed outright. The casualties for this
period were: -</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Officers, 10 killed, 10 wounded, 3 missing, Total 23</span></span></span></i></h2>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other ranks, 62 killed, 330 wounded, 24 missing,</span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Total 416"</span></span></i></h2>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">6th November 1917:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Albert
Blackmore was back in hospital (for his 22nd birthday!) this time with
Typhoid Fever. He certainly had his fair share of 'hospital admissions',
two with rat bites and one with Typhoid. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Towards Christmas 1917 the 21st Battalion were back in the Front Line, this time at Ploegsteert and Hill 63 in Belgium. <br /><b><br />April 1918:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Albert had now moved from Ploegsteert area to Lavieville area, where the 21st Bn stayed for the rest of April 1918 in the Front Line.<br /><br /><b>19th May 1918</b> at </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ville-Sur-Ancre, France</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">at the age of 23 years, Albert Blackmore was appointed a Lance-Corporal at Querrieu, Somme, France. This was in June 1918.<br /><br /><b>19th July 1918</b>:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">records show the 21st Battalion at Villers-Bretonneux on 19, 20th, 21st & 22nd .. but on the 23rd July, Albert was wounded in action by being 'gassed'</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> at Villers-Bretonneux.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Three weeks later - on 13th August - Albert rejoined his Battalion, the 21st Battalion in France. <br /><br />But sadly, just 19 days later, on the first day of the Battle of St Quentin, Albert Henry Blackmore was KIA. It was Sunday 1st September 1918 </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and he was just age of 23 years.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <b>Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin</b> was a battle on the Western Front during World War I. As part of the Allied counteroffensives on the Western Front in the late summer of 1918, the Australian Corps crossed the Somme River on the night of August 31, and broke the German lines at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Quentin" title="Mont Saint-Quentin">Mont Saint-Quentin</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9ronne,_Somme" title="Péronne, Somme">Péronne</a>. The British Fourth Army's commander, General Henry Rawlinson, described the Australian advances of August 31 – September 4 as the greatest military achievement of the war.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AWM-MStQ_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mont_Saint-Quentin#cite_note-AWM-MStQ-2"></a></sup>
During the battle Australian troops stormed, seized and held the key
height of Mont Saint-Quentin (overlooking Péronne), a pivotal German
defensive position on the line of the Somme.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The 7<sup>th</sup> Brigade advanced through us on the morning of the 2<sup>nd</sup>
September and inflicted another severe defeat on the Hun, after which he set off hot foot
for his next defensive position, the Hindenburg line. We took few prisoners, our numbers
being so small and the Huns fighting so desperately, prevented us doing so. We, however
captured 58 machine guns and many senior officers were of the opinion that there were more
dead Huns after Mont St. Quentin than any other battle on the Battalion front.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">above:<br />Grave marker of eleven members of the 21st Battalion who were all killed
in action at Mont St Quentin, France on 1 September 1918 and buried in a
mass grave. <br /><br />Listed on the plaque are: <br />6817 Sergeant Colin Edward Hunt
from Surrey Hills, Victoria; <b>2116 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Albert Henry
Blackmore, MM from North Maldon, Victoria; </b><br />5413 L Cpl Gustaf William
Oscar Staaf from Echuca, Victoria; 6833 Private (Pte) Albert Edwin Kelly
from Ballarat, Victoria; 6874 Pte Francis William Roberts from Upper
Hawthorn, Victoria; <br />6380 Pte Alfred Roy Smerdon, from Murrayville,
Victoria; 6178 Pte William Hugh Thorburn from Newtown, NSW; <br />664A Pte
Edwin Werrett Thompson from Colac, Victoria; 6747 Pte William Francis
Dowell from Thornbury, Victoria; 6781 Pte David George Gregory Chandler
from North Williamstown, Victoria; <br />6398 Pte Alexander Walker from
Rochester, Victoria. <br /><br />The above listed were all later moved to individual
graves in the Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Notice in The Argus (Melbourne) 17 Sept 1918 </b><br /><br />Blackmore - Mr & Mrs Alexander
Blackmore, of Maldon, have been officially notified that their son,
Lance Corporal Albert Henry Blackmore was killed in action in France on
Sept 1. He enlisted in July 1915 when 21 yrs.</span></span><br />
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<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wed 24 December, 2014 at 11:28 pm</span></span></i></li>
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<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tue 7 April, 2015 at 5:19 am</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tue 19 May, 2015 at 3:04 am</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sat 27 June, 2015 at 1:30 am</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tue 4 August, 2015 at 1:27 am</span></span></i></li>
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These dates and times are estimates. The
actual time of projection could change as a result of weather and other
factors, so it is advisable to check closer to the date. In the rare
event of a temporary loss of electrical power, the names scheduled for
display in that period will not appear until the next time listed.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/arthur-geraldton-higgs-kia-22-july-1916.html">Arthur Geraldton HIGGS</a></b> embarked on HMAT HORORATA in Perth in October 1915. Same ship that Albert BLACKMORE embarked on in Melbourne in September.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/arthur-geraldton-higgs-kia-22-july-1916.html">Arthur HIGGS</a></b> was KIA 24th July 1916 at Pozieres.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/mont-st-quentin/visiting-mont-st-quentin/mont-st-quentin-1918.php"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mont St Quentin - WW1</span></span></b></a></div>
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com0Péronne, France49.933071 2.93335300000001149.851293 2.771991500000011 50.014849 3.0947145000000109tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-1813871201812004802014-08-25T13:17:00.001+10:002014-08-26T19:36:33.550+10:00George Bowden HUDSON [1891 - 1982]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">George Bowden Hudson was the sixth child of William Charles Hudson and his wife, Matilda Ellen King.<br /><br />George was born in Moama in New South Wales (Australia) on 8th October 1891. War broke out when George was 22 years of age, but it was not until July 1915 that he enlisted at Echuca in the 31st Battalion and given service number 710 in the AIF. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He completed his training at Broadmeadows Camp in Melbourne before departing Melbourne on board the HMAT A62 WANDILLA on 9th November 1915 bound for the Middle East. The Battalion arrived at Suez on 7th December 1915.</span></span><br />
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on bayonet fighting and physical training 2nd Parade on company
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31st Battalion continued with physical training and bayonet fighting
and were in the Middle East until June 1916 when it departed for
Marseilles in France. By 1st July they were at Morbecque and being put
through a practical demonstration of poisonous gas and gas helmet
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">9th July - 1030-1430: Battalion left Estaires 1000 hours and Brigade starting point
1030. Destination Erquinghem via Croix du Bac, Bac St Maur. Bn met at
Croix du Bac by guide & led to billets in Rue Dormoire abt 1 mile
west of Erquinghem, relieving the 18th Bn.<br /><br />16th July - First of Battalion arrived at Fleurbaix (Bois-Granier Line, France) about 1430 to find billeting
arrangements inadequate and incomplete. It took some time to make
suitable arrangements and it was 0430 hours before last of the men were
billeted.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">19th July - The 31st Battalion fought its first major battle at Fromelles on 19 July
1916, having only entered the front-line trenches 3 days previously.
The attack was a disastrous introduction to battle for the 31st - it
suffered 572 casualties.<br /><br />20th July - </span><span style="font-size: large;">0545: Captured positions could not be held so a retirement was made at
0545 back to our own lines. Very heavy casualties and men completely
broken. 0900: Battalion taken out of front line and re-billeted at
Fleurbaix. Estimated casualties 600 of all ranks. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />By the first week of August, George Hudson was back at Fleurbeaux in France. The Bn diary - for the 3rd August - reads as: Situation quiet. Few parties of enemy noticed behind enemy lines but in
general troops well under cover. Battalion growing much more cheerful
after grueling of 19 and 20 July 1916 ultimo. Foggy weather prevails
in the mornings. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">31 August - </span><span style="font-size: large;">La Motte, France.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />Battalion under canvas at La Motte. Small replica RF 1/110 of Bois des Vaches built in camp area for lecture purposes.<br /><br />21 September - </span><span style="font-size: large;">Armentieres, France.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Day fine but roads in bad condition. Arrived Armentieres at 10.40am
& settled in billets at 11am. Brigade notified. very bad condition,
mud plentiful bags in parapet and communication trenches rotten and
walls tumbling in.<br /><br />when reading through the diaries, it seems most days the weather & conditions were intolerable....</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />30th October - Montauban, France.<br /><br />Very wet and mud conditions simply indescribable. Horses tractor engines
stuck everywhere on the roads. Majority of roads being laid with logs
in transverse section.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />One year later after spending much of their time around the Somme area, </span><span style="font-size: large;">the Battalion arrived at Wippenhoek, in Belgium on </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">19th September.<br /><br />25 September 1917 - </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Warning Order received from Brigade that Battalion to be held in
readiness to move at short notice. 10.00 pm: Battalion moved off to front
line to take part in the horrendous Battle of Polygon Wood.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The 31st fought in the Ypres sector. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The battle began at 5.30 am on 26 September 1917, when the British and
Dominion guns opened on a 10 kilometre front. The intention was to build
on the gains made during the Battle of Menin Road. The AIF 4th and 5th
Divisions were responsible for a 2500-metre sector and one of their main
objectives was Polygon Wood Butts, the target on the Ypres district
rifle range.</span></span><br />
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active during the day. "Suggest" that he was wounded at Vaire, Le
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most feared of all weapons in World War One. Poison gas
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was frequently instant or not drawn out and soldiers could find some shelter in
bomb/shell craters from gunfire. A poison gas attack meant soldiers having to
put on crude gas masks and if these were unsuccessful, an attack could leave a
victim in agony for days and weeks before he finally succumbed to his
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">George Bowden Hudson returned to Australia on 8th April 1919 and in 1923 he married Inez Emily Henderson. Daughter of John Gill Henderson and Mary Margaret Simpson.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the above information on George Bowden Hudson has been collected over many years, but if anyone has any further data I would be more than happy to hear from you!<br /><br />George Hudson is my first cousin (2 x removed)<br /><br />we relate through my great great grandmother:<br />Elizabeth Jane RICHARDS<br />[1837 - 1919]</span></span></div>
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com1Deniliquin NSW 2710, Australia-35.52314 144.98238579999997-35.9365585 144.33693879999998 -35.1097215 145.62783279999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-83562711045132008002014-08-12T12:32:00.001+10:002014-09-25T21:44:22.907+10:00Harold Alfred EUSTACE [1892 - 1915]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Located just 40 minutes south of Burnie in Tasmania, Australia, lies the quiet little town of Waratah.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was the birthplace of the Tasmanian tin mining industry and introduced Tasmania to an industrial era. <br /><br />In
1871, while prospectors searched for gold, silver and osmiridium along
the Pieman and Donaldson Rivers, James ‘Philosopher’ Smith found tin at
Mt. Bischoff. This was the beginning of the mining era, a mining era
that took the state out of financial crisis and saved Tasmania.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />It was here at Mt Bischoff that John Eustace was born in the September of 1848. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> John's parents and family remained living in this area for many years and it was about 1880 that John Eustace married Mary Duncan. Mary and John had seven known children,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> two of these children being sons - Harold and John - who worked as miners in the local mines.<br /><br />Harold Alfred Eustace was born in Waratah on 21st November 1892 and his brother - John Montague Eustace - was born on 31st August 1896.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">War was declared in the August of 1914 and just a few weeks later, both John and Harold enlisted in the AIF. John was 18 years of age and Harold was 21 years of age. Harold's service number being 1031 and John's was 1032.<br /><br /> They were both admitted into the 15th Battalion, G Company and both embarked Melbourne on 22nd December 1914 on board the <i>HMAT A40 CERAMIC</i> bound for the Middle East.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />On Harold's enlistment papers he is described as being 22 years of age, 5'7" tall (170cm) weighed 11 stone (70kg) had a fair complexion, brown hair and brown eyes and his religion was listed as Church of England. He also had a tattoo on his right forearm. <br /><br /> Their training was undertaken at the Broadmeadows Camp. <br /><br />Prior to heading off to the Middle East, the 15th Battalion marched through the streets of Melbourne on 17th December 1914. </span></span><br />
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band and men of the 15th Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel J H
Cannan, while the 4th Infantry Brigade, under the command of Colonel J
Monash VD, marched to and from Broadmeadows Camp. Note the spectators
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On 22nd December, 1914 the battalion was marched to Broadmeadows Station
and left by two special trains to Port Melbourne where they boarded the<i> HMAT CERAMIC a </i>White Star liner. They steamed out of
Melbourne at 2pm bound for Albany, Western Australia where the ship
would join the fleet of transports heading for Europe. Owing to the
lack of deck space, the training of the troops at sea was difficult.
However, four times a day parades were held with instruction in
musketry, physical training and rifle exercises. Many of the men suffered from
sea sickness in the Great Australian Bight however most were was well enough to
attend Church Parade on Christmas Day, 1914 and enjoy a Christmas
meal of cold pork, potatoes, haricot beans and tough plum pudding.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Finally on 20th January, 1915 the <i>Ceramic</i> entered Aden Harbour in
what is today, Yemen. The harbour had many ships anchored including the <i>Empress of Russia</i> a liner that had been requisitioned by the
British Admiralty and armed for active service. As well there were many
native craft and before long they had thrown their lines on board and
the natives were trading with the troops much to their amusement and
delight. The weather was calm and very hot. <br /><br />On the 30th January the
convoy moved single file into the Suez Canal. Priority was given to the
troop convoy and emigrant ships such as<i> Orsova </i>and others had to
wait for them to pass.<br /><br />The troops were anxious to disembark; they had heard of heavy fighting
on the Suez Canal, however, bad weather prevented their disembarkation
until 3rd February at Alexandria. There was a close call with the <i>Ceramic</i> breaking three lines, and she was she was nearly blown onto
the Eastville. The next day they landed and loaded their kit bags
onto trucks with some kit bags having disappeared from the hold during
the trip. Police had difficulty keeping the Egyptians from the gangway
and before disembarking the men had been warned not to drink the water,
alcohol or not to seek the comfort of local woman as venereal disease
was very prevalent. The battalion travelled to Cairo by train arriving
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Aerodrome Camp, Heliopolis and was trained in battalion, brigade and
divisional fighting. Despite the warnings given to the men, many
succumbed to the temptations of Cairo and charges of drunkenness and
absent without leave were plentiful as well as admissions to hospital
for venereal disease. <br /><br />The 15th Battalion left Alexandria on the
transport ships<i> Australind </i>and <i>Seang Bee</i> bound for Lemnos
Island. The<i> Seang Bee </i>arrived at Lemnos on the 14th April. The
troops were trained in disembarkation of the ship into cutters and
horseboats until the 24th April. On the 25th April the<i> Australind </i>
with headquarters staff, B & D Companies reached the entrance to the
Dardanelles and witnessed the landing and bombardment of the landing
British troops. <br /><br />The<i> Seang Bee </i>anchored at about 4.00 pm opposite
the disembarkation point and, at 4.30 pm a destroyer took off 2
companies, however, they were not landed until 10.30 pm. While waiting
the destroyer came under fire from shrapnel and four men were hit.</span></span></div>
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The August Offensive in the Sari Bair Range, 6–10 August 1915</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In reading the account of </span><a href="http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/nbeach4_3.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The August Offensive in the Sari Bair Range, 6–10 August 1915</span></b></a><span style="font-size: large;"> it certainly brings to the fore </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the sheer numbers of </span></span>loss of life and </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the overwhelming</span></span> numbers of the severely wounded.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />In one of these valleys
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">No-one appeared to be responsible for them. Their
wounds were uncared for and in the heat some were
in a shocking state. They had no food and no water
.... Many were hit a second and third time as they
lay helplessly … Many died there, some able
to see the hospital ships with their green bands and
red crosses no distance out to sea. On one trip I
gave my water bottle to a Turkish officer with four
or five of his men about him. He gave every drop to
his men and took not a mouthful himself. I saw nothing
more dreadful during the whole war than the suffering
of those forgotten men.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In the early hours of 8th August, three battalions of the
4th Brigade–the 14th, 15th and 16th–set out. Dawn
found them nowhere near the approach to Kocacimentepe. As
the Australian battalions advanced over an exposed slope,
Turkish machine guns opened up. Against this concentrated
Turkish fire little progress was made. In the words of the
Australian official history, the 15th Battalion, with most
of its officers dead or wounded, ‘broke southwards’
for cover. One Australian who disappeared on 8 August as
the 15th came under attack was Sergeant Joseph McKinley
of Yass, New South Wales. A comrade wrote:</span></span><br />
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</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The men fell under furious fire. It was terrible;
the men were falling like rabbits. Many were calling
for mothers and sisters. They fell a good way, in
many cases, from the Turkish lines. Sgt McKinley …
did very good work on the Peninsula. It was commonly
believed that he was killed on that morning during
the advance. He was never seen again.</span></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />Harold Eustace was admitted to the 17th General Hospital is Alexandria
on 11th August 1915 and the notes in his service records state
"seriously wounded with a gun shot wound to the pelvis, buttock and
right thigh". He later developed pneumonia and died on 7th September
1915. One month after he was wounded in the Battle of Sari Bair Range at
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>DIED OF WOUNDS.</b></span><br /><br />Mr. J. Eustace of Rosebery has received word from the Secretary for Defence that his son Private Harold Eustace succumbed to his wounds at the 17th General Hospital, Alexandria. The deceased went with the Second Expeditionary Force, and resided at Burnie a few years ago. He was 23 years of age. His brother, John Eustace, who has been twice wounded, is at present an inmate of the 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis.<br /><br />The North Western Advocate 30th September 1915</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>his brother - John Montague Eustace - returned to Australia after being wounded. His story will appear at a later date.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>with grateful thanks to the following websites for help & support</i></b></span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/32/">AWM 15th Battalion War Diaries</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/">Australian War Memorial</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.naa.gov.au/">Australian National Archives</a></b><br />
<b><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lone_Pine">Wikipedia - Battle of Lone Pin</a>e<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sari_Bair">Battle of Sari Range</a></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /><a href="http://www.sandsofgallipoli.com.au/index.php">Sands of Gallipoli</a></b></span></span><br />
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<b><a href="http://twgpp.org/index.php"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The War Graves Photographic Project</span></span></a></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.gravesoftas.com.au/">Gravesites of Tasmania</a></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /><a href="http://www.cwgc.org/">Commonwealth War Graves Commission</a></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/K/HWF%20Kayser.htm">Ferdinand Kayser</a></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><a href="http://www.think-tasmania.com/waratah-tin-mining-in-tasmania-part-1/">Mining in Waratah, Tasmania</a></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/nbeach4_3.html">The Anzac Landing</a><br /><br /><br />some of the above detail in the blog post </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">regarding the actual voyage </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">of <i>HMAT Ceramic</i> in 1914<br />came from the diary of<br /><br /><a href="http://www.adoptadigger.org/search-for-a-ww1-digger/search-for-a-ww1-digger/item/3-diggers-database/445-cooke-herbert-william">Herbert William Cooke</a></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />who was also in the 15th Battalion and<br />was born in Dundatha in 1893 in Queensland<br /><br /><br /><br />Harold Alfred EUSTACE is not directly related to myself, he is related to my two children thru their paternal line.<br /><br />.</span></span></b><br />
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com0Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt31.2000924 29.91873869999994930.9828354 29.59601519999995 31.4173494 30.241462199999948tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-45210478607545320132014-08-08T14:43:00.000+10:002014-08-22T20:57:37.253+10:00James Andrew RALPH [1897 - 1915]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">James Ernest Ralph is the second child of Alfred Ernest Ralph and Mary Annie Brennan who were married at Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia on 29th April 1893.<br /><br />James (or Jim as he was known) was born in Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne on 7th January 1897 and it was probably around 1909 before the family moved to Coolamon in New South Wales.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jim left his family home at Coolamon, NSW, and unbeknown to his family, enlisted at Liverpool (Sydney) on 19 Jan 1915, and was given the service Number 2013.
His enlistment papers, first copy, are in his own handwriting, and
allow the reader to appreciate the human side of his character when
compared to subsequent sanitised copies of the form. Jim gave his age
as 21, yet he was born in 1897, making him 17 on enlistment. He was
aware that he needed his parents permission to join, and knowing that
wouldn't be given, he cheated and upped his age. <br /><br />By the time his
parents became aware he had enlisted, it was too late, he had left
Australia. On 13 Apr 1915 he boarded HMAT A55 "Kyarra" enroute from
Sydney via Perth to Gallipoli. </span></span><br />
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His enlistment form also shows his immaturity and lack of education.
He spelt his birth place Melbourne without the "e". He left the "r"
out of Andrew. He nominated his "Fa<b>r</b>ther" as his next
of kin. He claimed his occupation as a "Farm Woker", on another form
"Farm Wroke". <br /><br />None of this should detract from his love of freedom for
his nation, his desire to serve his country, and his love of his
family.</span></span><br />
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Jim was 5' 8" tall (170cm) with a chest measurement of 31", expanding to 33
1/2". He weighed 134lbs, (about 58kg). His complexion was fair, eyes
were blue and his hair was fair. His religion was RC. Various
subsequent enlistment documents show a variety of "distinctive
marks". Varying from one form to the next he had a vaccination scar
(location not stated), on another he had a "scar on right side
forehead". Another states he had only a "scar on left forearm".</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />While Jim was 'at sea' on board the <i>Kyarra, </i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">his Battalion - The 4th Battalion - took part in the Anzac landing on 25 April 1915 as part of
the second and third waves. <br /><br /><i>This blog posting is perhaps more about the 4th Battalion and the Battle of Lone Pine than of James Ralph himself. It is because we know so little about him personally and quite a bit more is available regarding the 4th Battalion and the Battle of Lone Pine!</i></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The 4th Battalion was among the first infantry units
raised for the AIF during the First World War. Like the 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Battalions it was recruited from New South Wales and, together with
these other battalions, formed the 1st Brigade.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The battalion was raised within a fortnight of the declaration of war
in August 1914 and embarked just two months later. After a brief stop
in Albany, Western Australia, the battalion proceeded to Egypt, arriving
on 2 December. The battalion took part in the Anzac landing on 25 April
1915 as part of the second and third waves. The commander of the 4th
Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel A. J. O. Thompson, was killed the next
day. <br /><br />At Anzac, the battalion took part in the defence of the beachhead
and in August 1915, along with the rest of the 1st Brigade, led the charge at
Lone Pine. This is when Pvt James Andrew Ralph was killed.<br /><br />The battalion served at Anzac until the evacuation in
December.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On 17th June 1915, James joined his Battalion at Gallipoli and the following day (18th) he was at McLaurin's Hill where they were doing
Trench Garrison Duty. There was heavy fighting during this time, but they continued with "trench duty" until early August.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />McLaurin's Hill is named after Colonel H. N. McLaurin who was KIA 27 April 1915 and is buried here McLaurin's Hill. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When going through the diaries of the 4th Battalion, I came across one of the 'messages'. These 'messages' were delivered by 'runners' usually. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Their duties were quite straightforward - to carry messages to and from the officers, from a Commander stuck in a trench to his battalion
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in daylight - by the red arm-bands fixed around their left forearm, trench
runners (or messengers) were drawn from both a specialised and everyday
background. The function of a runner was not simply to bear messages from
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specialisation - qualified runners would be expected to closely familiarise
themselves with areas of the front line into which a battalion would soon enter,
generally so as to relieve the line's present occupants.
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to guide the newly-arriving troops with accuracy - particularly given that many
such troop movements were undertaken nocturnally under cover of darkness -
runners would need to excel both at map-reading and at reconnaissance, generally
working in pairs and often with perhaps eight working upon the same task at
various parts of the line.</span></span><br />
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essential in ensuring that the relieving force were in place before daylight; in
short, before the enemy force could catch troops in the open with artillery
fire.<br /><br />The following is one of those message's written on 20th July 1915 from the First Infantry Brigade and it reads as:<br /><i><b><br />Propose to occupy crater opposite 4th Bn. tonight (?) please instruct your night unit and Japanese Mortar not to fire in this direction.</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> </b></i><br />One has to wonder how accurate these messages were, or at the very least how often were they believed or taken notice of?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Battle of Lone Pine (also known as the Battle of Kanlı Sırt) was fought between Australian and Ottoman Empire (now known as Turkey) forces during the First World War between 6 and 10 August 1915. Part of the Gallipoli campaign, the battle was part of a diversionary attack to draw Ottoman attention away from the main assaults against Sari Bair, Chunuk Bair and Hill 971, which became known as the August Offensive. <br /><br />The Australians, initially at brigade strength, managed to capture the main Ottoman trench line from the battalion that was defending the position in the first few hours of the fighting; however, the fighting continued for the next three days as the Ottomans brought up reinforcements and launched numerous counterattacks in an attempt to recapture the ground they had lost. As the counterattacks intensified the Australians brought up two fresh battalions. <br /><br />Finally, on 9 August the Ottomans called off any further attempts and by 10 August offensive action ceased, leaving the Australians in control of the position. Nevertheless, despite the Australian victory, the wider August Offensive of which the attack had been a part failed and a situation of stalemate developed around Lone Pine which lasted until the end of the campaign in December 1915 when the Australian troops were evacuated from the peninsula.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">above image .....<br /><br />A trench at Lone Pine on 8 August 1915. The scene captures something of the savagery of the action. Sergeant Apear de Vine, 4th Battalion, NSW, of Maroubra, Sydney, wrote of the dead:<br /><br />… <i>they are stacked out of the way in any convenient place sometimes thrown up on to the parados so as not to block the trenches, there are more dead than living </i>…<br /><br />[De Vine, quoted in Bill Gammage, The Broken Years, Ringwood, 1990, p 84] [AWM A04029]</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i>Lone Pine was a strong and important position to the Turks. They had not expected such an attack here and the order was quickly given to retake lost positions. For three days and nights Australians and Turks struggled in the trenches and dark tunnels of Lone Pine until the area was choked with the wounded, dying and dead:<i><br /><br />The wounded bodies of both Turks and our own … were piled up 3 and 4 deep … the bombs simply poured in but as fast as our men went down another would take his place. Besides our own wounded the Turks’ wounded lying in our trench were cut to pieces with their own bombs. We had no time to think of our wounded … their pleas for mercy were not heeded … Some poor fellows lay for 30 hours waiting for help and many died still waiting.</i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">[Private John Gammage, 1st Battalion, quoted in Les Carlyon, Gallipoli, Sydney, 2001, p 360]<br /><br />Lone Pine was a battle of bombs, bullets and bayonets fought to defend sandbag walls built by both sides to block up a trench at the forward most point of the advance or counter attack. The Australians tried to hold what they had taken; the Turks fought equally determinedly to expel them from it.<br /><i><br />James Andrew Ralph was KIA sometime between 6th and 9th of August 1915 at Lone Pine, though it is believed to have been 6th August when most of the fierce battle took place.</i></span></span><br />
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drawn from New South Wales. From the end of April to the beginning of June 1915,
it buried its dead, and six from other units, in a cemetery on the road from
Wire Gully to Anzac Cove (Bridges Road). This burial ground became known as the
4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery; and it was enlarged after the Armistice by
the concentration of 76 graves from two smaller cemeteries and from the
surrounding battlefields. The cemetery now contains the graves of 107 soldiers
from Australia, three sailors or Marines from the United Kingdom, and six men
whose unit in our forces is not known. Seven of the graves are unidentified by
name. The area is 636 square yards.<br /><br />Further information on the above Cemetery is <a href="http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/4th_bn_parade_ground.htm"><b>here.</b></a></span></span></div>
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was commissioned especially for the 2013 Sands of Gallipoli Collection.
It depicts the initial Lone Pine assault late in the afternoon
of August 6 as three Australian battalions of the 1st Brigade
storm open ground to challenge the main Turkish front trenches.
Despite superb fortification by the Turks the Australian battalions
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> * 1914-15 Star. (13Aug1920)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> * British War Medal 1914-20. (15Jul1921)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> * Victory Medal (1922).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> * Memorial Scroll and King's message, (15Aug1921)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> * Anzac Commemorative Medallion 1965.</span></span><br />
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not signed by James Andrew Ralph. It is assumed that James intended to
send the card to his family, but his death at Lone Pine intervened.
It was lovingly kept with his service medals and his War Graves of the
British Empire Cemetery Register amongst the private possessions of his
sister, Myrtle. Prior to her death in 1977, she passed these only
mementos of her favourite brother to her son Robert John Matthews upon
his return from active service in South Vietnam.</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">name will be projected onto the exterior of the <br />Hall of Memory at AWM in Canberra on:<br /><br />Wed 20 August, 2014 at 9:03 pm<br />Sat 4 October, 2014 at 4:37 am<br />Thu 27 November, 2014 at 12:16 am<br />Wed 21 January, 2015 at 2:20 am<br />Sat 14 March, 2015 at 12:50 am<br />Tue 28 April, 2015 at 12:43 am<br />Mon 8 June, 2015 at 1:34 am<br />Wed 15 July, 2015 at 6:31 pm<br /><br />These dates and times are estimates. <br />The actual time of projection could change as a result of weather and other factors, so it is advisable to check closer to the date. In the rare event of a temporary loss of electrical power, the names scheduled for display in that period will not appear until the next time listed.</span></span></div>
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Theatre of War between 5 August 1914 and 31 December 1915, commonly
referred to as "Pip". (2) British War Medal, for service during and
immediately after WW 1, known as "Squeak". (3) Victory Medal, awarded
to all members of the 14 Allied Powers who entered a theatre of war on
duty in WW 1, known as "Wilfred". <br />Nicknames came from comic strip
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br />From <a href="mailto:jennifer.m9@bigpond.com">Robert Matthews</a>....<br /><br /><i>James sister, Myrtle Ralph, aged 8 at the time of his death, had a lifelong
belief that Jim was buried at Lone Pine Cemetery in Grave Site 23. In
April 2008 it was established that Jim's body was never identified, he
has no known grave, but is presumed buried with his other 4900 "unknown"
comrades and foe, at Lone Pine, known only unto their God. </i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>His
death is commemorated on Panel 23 at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli.</i></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In
Feb 2010, the son of Myrtle - Robert Matthews - was researching stories of
other "Unknown" soldiers killed in WWI. </span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />He came across a poem,
written by Michael Edwards called<b> "The Visitor". </b> The
poem illustrates the distressed feelings of the lost soul of a
lonely Unknown Soldier, lost for almost one hundred years, and underlies
the relief when family eventually came to the cemetery and reclaimed,
not his unknown lost body, but his lost soul.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>"I half awake to a strange new calm</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>And a sleep that would not clear</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>For this was the sleep to cure all harm</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>And which freezes all from fear.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Shot had come from left and right</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>with shrapnel, shell and flame</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>And turned my sunlit days to night</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Where now none would call my name.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Years passed me by as I waited,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Missed the generations yet to come,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Sadly knew I would not be fated</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>To be a father, hold a son.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>I heard again the sounds of war</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>When twenty years of sleep had gone,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>For five long years, maybe more,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Til peace once more at last had come.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>More years passed, new voices came,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>The stones and trenches to explore,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>But no-one ever called my name</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>So I wished and waited ever more.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Each time I thought , perhaps, perhaps,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Perhaps this time they must call me,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>But they only called for other chaps,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>No-one ever called to set me free.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Through years of lonely vigil kept,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>To look for me they never came,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>No-one ever searched or even wept,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Nobody stayed to speak my name.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Until that summer day I heard</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Some voices soft and stained with tears,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Then I knew that they had come</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>To roll away those wasted years.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Their hearts felt out to hold me,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Made me whole like other men,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>But they had come just me to see,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Drawing me back home with them.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Now I at peace and free to roam</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Where 'ere my family speak my name,</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>That day my soul was called back home</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>For on that day my family came."</i></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i></i></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/21/">AWM 4th Battalion War Diaries</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/">Australian War Memorial</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.naa.gov.au/">Australian National Archives</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lone_Pine">Wikipedia - Battle of Lone Pin</a>e<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cwgc.org/">Commonwealth War Graves Commission</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sandsofgallipoli.com.au/index.php">Sands of Gallipoli</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br />and many thanks to Rob Matthews (nephew of James Ralph)</span></b><br />
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com0Gallipoli, Turkey40.417447 26.6774350000000640.369088500000004 26.596754000000061 40.4658055 26.758116000000058tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-30705529534791771632014-08-05T21:27:00.001+10:002016-07-11T19:08:27.285+10:00Allan Wesley WALKEDEN [1897 - 1916]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The following is a studio portrait of 2062 Private (Pte) Allan Wesley Walkeden, 3rd
Reinforcements, 26th Battalion, of Derby, Tasmania, aged 18. <br /><br />Pte Walkeden
enlisted on 22 June 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard <i>HMAT
Makarini</i> on 10 September 1915. He was killed in action on 5 August 1916
at <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Battle of Pozieres, Somme, France.</span><br /><i><br /></i><span style="font-size: small;"><b>*note</b><i>:<br /> <a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/we-will-remember-them.html">The DALITZ Brothers</a> of Horsham and <a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/raymond-everard-bartram-1893-1917.html">Raymond BARTRAM</a> of Richmond also set sail on board the HMAT MAKARINI in September 1915</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Allan - a baker by trade - was born in 1897 at Sale, Victoria, Australia to James Richard Henry WALKEDEN and Harriet Melinda FOGWILL. <br /><br />At the time of enlistment in 1915 Allan was living in Tasmania with the rest of his family and mentioned that he spent two years in the Army Cadets.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Allan - or WALKIE as he was known in the 26th Battalion - embarked Melbourne on 10th September on board the <i>HMAT Makarini</i> bound for the Greek island of Lemnos, arriving at the port of Mudros on 30th November 1915. The original division of the 26th Battalion were already at Gallipoli at this time and were calling for more men. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />"Walkie" was taken on strength with the 26th Battalion at Gallipoli on 9th December in the area known as Mule Gully and Russell Top. Three days later he was on a troopship back to Mudros and they were marched to Sarpi Camp. Just two days after Christmas in 1915, he was punished for reasons unknown other than "Conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline" and was awarded 72 hours field punishment. I am not so sure that it was an 'award'!<br /><br />On 9th January 1916 the 26th Battalion disembarked (ex Mudros) on board <i>HMT Hororata</i> and arrived at Alexandria at 0830 and entrained for their next camp Tel-El-Kebir at 1800.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to the Battalion diaries, all of January and February 1916, the 26th Battalion were at Tel-El-Kebir training 'as usual'. March 1916 they were at the staging camp at Ismailia digging trenches for defences. Two weeks later - on the 15th March - "Walkie" departed for Alexandria at 8.30pm arriving in Marseilles, France by the 21st. <br /><br />According to the diaries, it was a rough sea trip on board the<i> HMT Northland</i> and many men were sea sick.<br /><br />On 24th March the 26th Battalion were marched in falling snow to Morbecque, w</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">here they took up their first billets on French soil which was a school and
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were dirty, and the remainder of the day was spent in cleaning them up
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The icy weather made life during the day miserable – but the drop in temperature at night was even worse.<br /><br />They stayed here in Morbecque until the 4th April when they moved out towards </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the famous </span></span>Armentieres, </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a march of about eleven miles. On their way they passed Hazebrouck, Merris and Outlarsteene. Arriving at Hallebean late afternoon on the same day. They did not reach Armentieres until 7th April where they were housed in billets around Rue Marle. <br /><br />It is now 9th April 1916 and it has been raining for quite sometime, the Battalion is getting ready to take over the firing line by the 11th.<br /><br /> </span></span><br />
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were periods of sharp fighting, shelling, and some heavy raids; by the
end of June over 600 men had been killed. Only a few days earlier,
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simply hell. The battlefield had become the focus of artillery fire from
both sides. Attacks went in, some ground was taken, and then the enemy
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straight on at the head of my platoon. I was thankful to get [wounded]
as it got me out of the firing line for a rest. Australia may well be
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could put up with for very long. Courage made little difference, what
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Well, we went in and relieved the first division on the night of August
1, six days ago. I saw some awful things although I never got a mark,
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digging small ‘sap’ trenches at roughly ninety degrees out from existing
lines and then digging a new trench line at the front of the saps. A
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately, this 'relatively safe' sap did not save Allan Walkeden from the German shell that exploded in the trench where he was standing.<br /><br />Walkie's (Allan Walkeden) body was never recovered, but his memorial will forever remain at Villers-Bretonneux.</span></span><br />
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com0Villers-Bretonneux, France49.86809 2.517964000000006349.786204000000005 2.3566025000000064 49.949976 2.6793255000000062tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-77814315697594226122014-07-30T20:22:00.000+10:002015-04-14T08:29:17.837+10:00Alexander Duncan CAMERON [1882 - 1947]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The above is a photo of Alexander Duncan Cameron</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, who was born in Horsham in 1882 - Alec - as he was known - is the half brother to <b><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/matthew-matthews-1893-1918.html">Matthew Matthews</a></b> that is in my previous post.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Both Matthew Matthews and Alec Cameron enlisted in the AIF on 12th July 1915. Alex with the service number 1092 and Mat with the service number of 1190. Both were placed in the 29th Battalion.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As seen here, Alec enlisted in Melbourne on 12 July 1915</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />They both embarked on board the HMAT A11 ASCANIUS on 10th November 1915, bound for the Middle East.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> It would have been sad for them to be leaving their family home - Highlands - at Brimpaen in the Western District. But exciting in a sense as well, they were young men off on what they would have considered "an adventure". Many young farmers took up the invite to fight for their country</span><span style="font-size: large;"> and leave the land for the women to manage.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />There really is not much to document on Alec as most of his time in the AIF is recorded in the previous post, so if it seems I am repeating myself - I apologise - for that is what I am doing!<br /><br />By
July 1916 the 29th Battalion was moving through Erquingham to Strazeele
near Hazebrouck. They had marched from Erquingham (at 1930 on 10th
July ) to Bois Grenier and occupied the front line of
trenches. There were no casualties and the men were in good spirits
according to the 29th Bn
diary. The Bois Grenier Line is a support trench that was about 70
yards
to the rear of the front line.<br />
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week later, they marched (at 0130 on 15th July) to Fleurbeaux billets.
(Fleurbaix, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) at 2330 Gas
Alarm was given from the front front
line but not felt here (Fleurbeaux) According to the diary, everyone
was prepared. On 19th July the Battle of Fleurbaix commenced near
Fromelles. The Australian 5th
Division is committed in a poorly planned and executed attempt to take
German trench lines. <br /><br />This Battle was part of the Battle of Fromelles.<br />
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Overnight of July 19/20, </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alec was wounded, but discharged from hospital 4 days later. There is no documentation of his wounds that I have located to date.</span></span><br /><br />At this same time Mat received a GSW (Gun Shot Wound) to
the head and right arm and was transferred to England within days. One
of 'the large number of
wounded' brought in both by date & night. The 29th Bn were still
holding the front line
alone - at the Battle of Fleurbaix.<br />
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(Matthew Matthews) ended up being under medical care for over three months and did not
rejoin his unit until late 1916 when they were at Etaples in
France. On 29th July 1918 he was KIA at Morlancourt.<br /><br />Alex returned to his unit and three months later was admitted to hospital with Pyrexia. <br /><br /><i>(</i></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b>Fever</b> (also known as <b>pyrexia</b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NC08_1-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever#cite_note-NC08-1"></a></sup> or febrile response) is one of the most common medical signs and is characterized by an elevation of body temperature above the normal range of 36.5–37.5 °C (97.7–99.5 °F) due to an increase in the temperature regulatory set-point.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pmid18788094_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever#cite_note-pmid18788094-2"></a></sup> This increase in set-point triggers increased muscle tone and chills)</i></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alec is seen here on the left (marked with a X) and is possibly at the Hospital in Ipswich (not confirmed)</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />By May 1917 he was stationed at Wareham in Dorset when he joined the <b><a href="http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-discipline/mil-police-ww1.htm">Australian Provost Corps. </a></b></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Traffic control and assisting the maintenance of march discipline</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The surveillance and control of all civilians within the area occupied by their formations</span></span></li>
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- On the evening of the 14th inst., about 9.30 pm two of the MP here
were violently assaulted whilst in the execution of their duty, by a
gang of about 20-30 Australians. One of them L/Cpl Harding, was badly
knocked about the head and is under medical treatment. I proceeded to
the spot, and found that the men had fled, but that they appeared to
belong to the transport Section of No 6 Aust. Field Ambulance. <br /><br />I called
on the CO, and it was arranged to have the whole lot inspected at 7.am
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faces, and the presence of a police cap badge in the possession of one
of them. These [men] are to be sent to Court Martial.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />I have no idea how long Alec was here at the hospital, but am sure he would have been back home at Laharum as soon as was possible!<br /><br />Alec & Elizabeth had a daughter - Nancy - that was born in May 1926. <br /><br />Alec Cameron died at Horsham on 14th June 1947 and is buried at the Brimpaen Cemetery alongside his wife Elizabeth who died in 1963.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Alexander Duncan Cameron was the 100th soldier to be identified from the photographs that were located in the attic of the Thuillier family.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Louis and Antoinette Thuillier Collection contains almost 4,000
glass-plate negatives depicting British, French, Australian, US, and
Indian soldiers, Chinese labour corps, and French civilians. More than
800 of these glass-plate negatives featuring Australians were generously
donated to the Memorial by Mr Kerry Stokes AC in August 2012. <b> </b></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />further reading as follows ...</b></span></span></i><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/remember-me/">THE AWM SITE.</a></span></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/a/8900933/the-lost-diggers/"><br /></a></span></span><a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/a/8900933/the-lost-diggers/"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Lost Diggers - April 2014</span></span></a></i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.insidehistory.com.au/2014/05/discovering-the-lost-diggers-of-vignacourt/"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Discovering The Lost Diggers of Vignacourt</span></span></i></a></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Alexander Duncan Cameron <br />enlisted 12 July 1915 ~ 29th Bn <br /><br />his two half brothers:<br /><br />Arthur Robert MATTHEWS <br />enlisted 17 October 1916 ~ 37th Bn<br />RTA <br /><br />Matthew MATTHEWS <br />enlisted 12 July 1915 ~ 29th Bn<br />KIA</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With grateful thanks to the following for</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> information </span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br />April 2015<br /><br />The uniform of Alexander Duncan CAMERON<br /></span></span></b></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This posting is a little about Matthew Matthews and his life after he joined the AIF in July 1915. Mat - as he was known - was born in 1893 in Horsham, Victoria, Australia and lived with his family at <i>Highlands</i> at Brimpaen, south of Horsham. A beautiful part of Victoria between the Black Range State Park and The Grampians National Park.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mat traveled to Melbourne to enlist in the 29th Battalion on 12th July 1915 and was allocated service number 1190 - the same day as his step brother - <a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/alexander-duncan-cameron-1882-1947.html">Alexander Duncan Cameron</a>. Alexanders service number was 1092 and he also joined the 29th Battalion. They embarked Melbourne on board the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>HMAT ASCANIUS</i> on 10th November 1915 and arrived in Suez, Egypt a month later.</span></span></div>
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trenches. There were no casualties and the men were in good spirits according to the 29th Bn
diary. The Bois Grenier Line is a support trench that was about 70 yards
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />A week later, they marched (at 0130 on 15th July) to Fleurbeaux billets. (Fleurbaix, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) at 2330 Gas Alarm was given from the front front
line but not felt here (Fleurbeaux) According to the diary, everyone was prepared. On 19th July the Battle of Fleurbaix commenced near Fromelles. The Australian 5th
Division is committed in a poorly planned and executed attempt to take
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The following day - 20th July 1916 - Mat received a GSW (Gun Shot Wound) to the head and right arm and was transferred to England within days. One of 'the large number of
wounded' brought in both by date & night. The 29th Bn were still holding the front line
alone - at the Battle of Fleurbaix.<br /><br />His brother - <a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/alexander-duncan-cameron-1882-1947.html">Alex Cameron</a> - was also wounded at this time but discharged from hospital 4 days later.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />Mat ended up being under medical care for over three months and did not rejoin his unit until 1st November 1916 when they were at Etaples in France.<br /><br />By the end of December of that same year, Mat was admitted to hospital once again, this time with a 'septic finger'. Within two weeks he was being sent back to England as his hand had now become 'septic'. He was admitted to the 5th General Hospital in London. From his records it seems he was here for six weeks then given 'furlo' (leave of absence) and discharged to Perham Downs Camp. According to Mat's service records he was admitted to Perham Downs on 2nd March 1917. Perham Down is a village located near Ludgershall and Tidworth, located
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Six months later Mat was transferred to 29th Bn on march out to overseas Training Brigade at Perham Downs. By October he had proceeded overseas to Havre, Belgium - still with the Training Brigade - via Southhampton and two weeks later he was at Ouderdom. Mat was now in the Australian Corps Gas School and seemed to be with them until March of 1918 when he was transferred back to the 29th Battalion after completing the overall training for the Battalion. He was then promoted to Corporal.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />1st May 1918 they were at Sailly-le-Sec, a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in
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the War Diaries for the 29th Battalion including through till 6th June, by which time they had arrived at Rivery. Still in the Somme area of France.<br /><br />According to the 29th Battalion diary on 17th June they had "<i>heavily bombarded Mericourt, Principle target being Hamel & Malard Wood. Our artillery most active during this period, Malard Wood, Cerisy,
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& MG Machine Guns)<br /><br />28th June 1918 Mat was at Bonnay along with the rest of his battalion as it's recorded that between 8.00am - 2.30pm. the Battalion bathed at Divisional Baths near Bonnay and all were issued with a clean change of underclothing!<br /><br />How clean they must have felt!<br /><br />By the first week of July the Battalion had moved on to Dernancourt as seen in the following page from the diary...<br /> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mat was at Morlancourt - in the Somme area of France - by 26th July where heavy fighting continued for over a week according to the diaries .... "<i> our artillery was active, Morlancourt supports, reserves & forward
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Mat's Service Records is states that the only item returned to the family was Mat's Identity disc, this was returned to Australia ex "Sardinia" in March 1919 and it was not until 30th September 1921 before the family were sent photos of the grave of Mat.<br /><br />Yet according to the Red Cross "missing in action" files, another soldier took Mat's diary from his pack so it could be "sent home", there is no record of this in his service records.<br /><br />Mat's sister Ruby was writing to the AIF requesting further information and all that could be supplied was <i>"Killed in Action 29.7.18"</i> and if any further information was forthcoming she would be immediately advised.<br /><br />Amongst Mat's service records is a document dated 31st July 1917 where he says <i>"I am not desirous of making a will"</i>. No further notification of any will is amongst his documents.<br /><br />Then on 27th April 1920 Robert Matthews receives a letter stating that "<i>the late No. 1190 Corporal M. Matthews, 29th Battalion is buried at the Beacon British Cemetery one mile south west of Morlancourt</i>." </span></span></div>
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<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thu 7 August, 2014 at 11:58 pm</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sun 21 September, 2014 at 2:32 am</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tue 11 November, 2014 at 8:22 pm</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mon 5 January, 2015 at 2:41 am</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fri 27 February, 2015 at 4:26 am</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thu 16 April, 2015 at 12:03 am</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wed 27 May, 2015 at 9:48 pm</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sat 4 July, 2015 at 9:10 pm</span></span></i></li>
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actual time of projection could change as a result of weather and other
factors, so it is advisable to check closer to the date. In the rare
event of a temporary loss of electrical power, the names scheduled for
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">With grateful thanks to the following for</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> information and the use of images off their sites.</span></span>:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/"><b>State Library of Victoria</b></a><br /><b><a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/">National Library of Australia - Trove</a><br /><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/">The Australian War Memorial</a><br /><a href="http://www.naa.gov.au/">The Australian National Archives</a><br /><a href="http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/fromelles/visiting-fromelles/the-nursery.php#">Australians on the Western Front</a></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://livinginballan.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/alexander-duncan-cameron-1882-1947.html"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alexander Duncan Cameron </span></b></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">enlisted 12 July 1915 ~ 29th Bn</span></b></span><br />
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com0Morlancourt, France49.951227 2.629225000000019549.910356 2.5485440000000192 49.992098000000006 2.7099060000000197tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-23969281300653456222014-07-25T16:33:00.000+10:002014-08-22T21:02:45.211+10:00James John ROBERTS 1889 - 1968<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Owen ROBERTS - my great great grandfather - married his second wife - Mary Jane LISTON - in Horsham in 1880 and they had six children.<br /><br />Mary Jane ROBERTS (1881 - 1975)<br />Annie Owena ROBERTS (1883 - 1968)<br />Ellen Louisa ROBERTS (1884 - 1968)<br />Agnes Maud ROBERTS (1886 - 1961)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">James John ROBERTS (1889 - 1968)<br />Owen Thomas Gerald ROBERTS (1891 - 1984)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The children were all born around Wonwondah East and Burnt Creek area near Horsham in Victoria, Australia.<br /><br />James - or Jim as he was known - was born on 8th August 1889 at Wonwondah East.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />By the 30 September 1916, Jim had enlisted in the AIF at Horsham and was joined to the 22nd Battalion. His service number being 6430.</span></span><br />
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1917, after 5 days of bombardment, 11 divisions of the 2nd and 5th BEF
armies struck the Germans on a 13 kilometre front. The Australian 1st
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Divisions, along with a Scottish Division, were the centre of the
assault along Westhoek Ridge facing Glencorse Wood, with a combined
front of 1,800 metres. It was the first occasion in the war in
which two Australian Divisions attacked side by side. The Australians
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first objective known as the "Red Line". It ran along a sunken road,
the north edge of Glencorse Wood to Honnebeck swamp and bogs in the None
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then he has had giddiness, short wind and shaky. Pulse increased on
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">James John ROBERTS on the 28th July 1968, died of broncho pneumonia & fractured femur at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital at the age of 78 years.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><br />Leo - the son of Jim Roberts - went on to marry and have four children of his own. Three sons and one daughter. Leo died on 23rd June 1991 at home - <i>Raewood</i> - at Brimpaen and was buried at the Brimpaen Cemetery on the 25th June 1991.</span></span><br />
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com1Brimpaen VIC 3401, Australia-37.0360113 142.21677190000003-37.2387423 141.89404840000003 -36.8332803 142.53949540000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-51010840665697837462014-07-25T11:35:00.001+10:002014-08-22T21:03:25.096+10:00Donald William McTAVISH 1888 - 1916<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Donald William McTAVISH was born in 1888 in Horsham, Victoria, Australia, the third child for Donald McTAVISH and Anne CHANDLER. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the age of 27 years, Donald - a farmer - enlisted in the AIF on 24th July 1915 to the 22nd Battalion 4th Reinforcement with service number 2296. He enlisted the same time as his cousin - Harold McTAVISH who was given the service number 2295.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />After their training, both Donald McTavish and his cousin Harold embarked at Melbourne on 27th September 1915 on board the <i>HMAT HORORATO</i>. Bound for the Middle East via Fremantle.</span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately, Donald failed to re embark the <i>Hororato</i> in Fremantle and had to wait for the <i>HMAT Osterley</i> departing on 5th October.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The 22nd Battalion spent some time in Moascar in Egypt with field training.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><br /> </span></span></span></span><br />
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miles of tents and desert, thousands of sweating, sun-bronzed men and
beautiful horses"(Lambert 1938, p. 79). <br /><br />On 20 July 1919 he wrote to his
wife: "... the well-appointed camp that two years ago spread out from
here to the Desert for miles and umpteen miles, a white city of tents.
There are still tents, a mile or so ... but the tents are slowly coming
down, the incinerators are throwing off long, low lines of blue smoke
... Outside this bit of shade, 111 Fahrenheit, there is a blaze of
almost colourless light, and it takes even for an experienced savage
like myself, a few seconds to locate the difference between sand, tents
and sky. In this blaze work still goes on - army work ...".</span></i></span></div>
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first service on the Western Front in reserve breastwork trenches near
Fleurbaix at the end of the first week of April 1916. The battalion’s
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France. From there they were entrained towards Lealvillers and by the
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica';">Donald William McTavish is remembered with honour at</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the
high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy,
which is about 2 km north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is approached through the
Military Cemetery, at the end of which is an open grass lawn which leads into
a three-sided court. The two pavilions on the left and right are linked by the
north and south walls to the back (east) wall, from which rises the focal point of the
Memorial, a 105 foot tall tower, of fine ashlar. A staircase leads to an observation
platform, 64 feet above the ground, from which further staircases lead to an
observation room. This room contains a circular stone tablet with bronze pointers
indicating the Somme villages whose names have become synonymous with battles of the
Great War; other battle fields in France and Belgium in which Australians fought;
and far beyond, Gallipoli and Canberra.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the three walls, which are faced with Portland stone, are the names of 10,885
Australians who were killed in France and who have no known grave. The 'blocking course'
above them bears the names of the Australian Battle Honours.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After the war an appeal in Australia raised £22,700, of which £12,500 came from
Victorian school children, with the request that the majority of the funds be used to
build a new school in Villers-Bretonneux. The boys' school opened in May 1927, and
contains an inscription stating that the school was the gift of Victorian schoolchildren,
twelve hundred of whose fathers are buried in the Villers-Bretonneux cemetery, with
the names of many more recorded on the Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux is now twinned
with Robinvale, Victoria, which has in its main square a memorial to the
links between the two towns.
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Donald William McTavish's name will be projected onto the exterior of the Hall of Memory at the AWM in Canberra on:</span></span></i><br />
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<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tue 19 August, 2014 at 5:17 am</span></span></i></li>
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<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mon 19 January, 2015 at 8:38 pm</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thu 12 March, 2015 at 6:03 am</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sun 26 April, 2015 at 10:01 pm</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sun 7 June, 2015 at 12:17 am</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tue 14 July, 2015 at 6:54 am</span></span></i></li>
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com1Somme, France50.059666207896946 2.656631469726562550.018874207896943 2.5759504697265623 50.100458207896949 2.7373124697265627tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-39958836963979912422014-07-24T10:02:00.000+10:002014-08-22T21:04:45.551+10:00remembering the DALITZ brothers of Dimboola ....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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these words so many times, over and over again .... and will even more so over the coming months.<br /><br />But it IS important to remember them ... and by "them"
I mean all of the soldiers, sailors and airmen that fought in all wars.
It IS important to pass on what we know to the next generation as well.<br /><br />How else will they know that their ancestors fought and died so that they can enjoy the freedom they have today?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />In my family pedigree I have over 80 family members that fought in World War one and two. I am trying to capture as much information as possible on each of those men and women and to document what is available for future generations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So while thinking about 'family' this week, I paid particular
attention to the four DALITZ brothers of Dimboola (Victoria, Australia) that went off to war in 1915 and in 1916. <br /><br />But to step back a few years, Heinrich DALITZ and Maria WUTTKE married on 13 August 1885 in South Australia. They had fourteen children, four daughters and ten sons. <br /><br />Unfortunately in 1897 one of the daughters died due to her clothes catching fire, she was just 7 years of age.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Heinrich and Maria were farmers so to have ten sons able to work on the family farm was certainly a 'bonus'. Then in 1915 - the day the AIF first landed in Gallipoli on the 25th April - Maria died at just 53 years of age.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Heinrich - or Henry as he was known - continued on with the family farm with the help of the children. But soon after the death of their mother, two of the sons enlisted in the AIF. They were Alwin Clarence DALITZ and Friedrich Wilhelm DALITZ who both enlisted on the 12 June 1915 and by the 15 September 1915 - had embarked Melbourne aboard the SS MAKARINI bound for Egypt. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The next one to enlist was Carl Walter DALITZ who signed up on 19 February 1916 and then it was Heinrich Charles DALITZ's turn. He enlisted on 3rd April 1916. Both Carl and Henry (as he was known) embarked Melbourne on 4th May 1916 aboard the HMAT PORT LINCOLN bound for Egypt.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So here we have the four brothers enlisting in the AIF to fight in the war!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have added a short summary of each of them at the end of this blog post and will concentrate on the eighth child of the family: Carl Walter DALITZ. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Carl was born in Dimboola, Victoria, Australia on 23 October 1896, (twin to Gustav Edwin DALITZ) their parents being Heinrich DALITZ and Maria Elisabeth WUTTKE. </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><br />When he was just 19 years of age, he enlisted in the AIF at Horsham on 19 February 1916 and was immediately assigned to the 6th Machine Gun Company. 3rd Reinforcements. His occupation at the time was that of a grocer. Six weeks later his brother Heinrich enlisted in the AIF and was also assigned to the 6th MGC.</span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tue 4 November, 2014 at 1:55 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sun 28 December, 2014 at 5:34 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fri 20 February, 2015 at 3:53 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fri 10 April, 2015 at 2:25 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fri 22 May, 2015 at 12:10 am</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mon 29 June, 2015 at 6:21 pm</span></span></li>
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actual time of projection could change as a result of weather and other
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event of a temporary loss of electrical power, the names scheduled for
display in that period will not appear until the next time listed</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><br />let us remember, while we are having dinner tonight smiling and laughing, that in another house somewhere in Australia .....<br /><br />......there is an empty chair where a hero should be sitting. They gave up their life so that we can sit with our family. So take a moment to think about those heroes who did not make it home and those who are still serving around the world ....</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">____________________________________________________________________<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Carl Walter DALITZ</b><br /><br />[23 Oct 1896 - 03 May 1917]<br /><br />Carl was born in Dimboola, Victoria, Australia on 23 October 1896, (twin of Gustav Edwin DALITZ)<br /><br />Their parents being Heinrich DALITZ and Maria Elisabeth WUTTKE. Carl was the eighth of their 14 children.<br /><br />When he was just 19 years of age, he enlisted in the AIF at Horsham on 19 February 1916 and was immediately assigned to the 6th Machine Gun Company. 3rd Reinforcements. His occupation at the time was that of a grocer.<br /><br />Three months later - on 4th May 1916 - he embarked from Melbourne on board the HMAT A17 PORT LINCOLN with his brother Heinrich Charles DALITZ, also in the 6th MGC.<br /><br />He was in France by March 1917 and was killed in action at the second Battle of Bullecourt on 3rd May 1917. One day short of 12 mths since he departed Melbourne.<br /><br />He is remembered with honour at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in France. There is no known grave.</span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5OmONkcFkYQ/UX93yTMOHbI/AAAAAAAAXuk/no8l2QHK0UU/s1600/AWM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">_________________________________________________________________<br /><br /><b>Heinrich Charles DALITZ</b><br /><br />[1891 - 1972]<br /><br />03 April 1916 - enlisted in the AIF 6th MGC (Machine Gun Company).<br /><br />04 May 1916 - embarked Melbourne - with his brother Carl Walter DALITZ - aboard the HMAT PORT LINCOLN bound for Egypt. His occupation at that time was as a brick layer.<br /><br />17 October 1917 - admitted to hospital with Trench Fever and kidney trouble. <br /><br />10 April 1918 - again admitted to hospital, this time with scabies.<br /><br />08 August 1918 - GSW to the right forearm (and gassed) in the Battle of Amiens.<br /><br />20 October 1918 - RTA medically unfit due to GSW <br /><br />07 September 1920 - married Alice Mabel Ruby HIRTH<br /><br />24 November 1972 - died aged 81 at Dimboola, Victoria, Australia<br /><br />_______________________________________________________________<br /><br /><b>Friedrich Wilhelm DALITZ</b><br /><br />[1887 - 1959]<br /><br />12 June 1915 - enlisted in the AIF 14th Bn<br /><br />15 September 1915 - embarked Melbourne aboard the SS MAKARINI bound for Egypt.<br /><br />19 October 1915 - dangerously ill in hospital with dysentery.<br /><br />11 April 1917 - Rec'd the Military Cross<br /><br />17 May 1918 - WIA - gassed in France<br /><br />07 April 1919 - RTA HMAT TRASAS MONTES - arrived in Australia 22 May 1919<br /><br />1924 - married Hazel Blanche DRUMMOND<br /><br />14 Nov 1959 - Died at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital aged 72.<br /><br />____________________________________________________________<br /><br /><b>Alwin Clarence DALITZ</b><br /><br />[1894 - 1969]<br /><br />12 June 1915 - enlisted in the AIF 14th Bn.<br /><br />15 September 1915 - embarked Melbourne aboard the SS MAKARINI bound for Egypt.<br /><br />28 August 1916 - WIA. (Wounded in Action) GSW to the groin & pelvic area.<br /><br />16 January 1917 - returned to duty in France after being wounded.<br /><br />11 April 1917 - POW - became a Prisoner of War at the First Battle of Bullecourt and was interred at Limburg.<br /><br />31 March 1919 - RTA - repatriated back to Australia arriving on 12 May 1919.<br /><br />29 Jan 1969 - died at Nhill, Victoria, Australia at the age of 74.</span><br />__________________________________________________________________</span></i><br />
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com1Dimboola VIC 3414, Australia-36.456173799999988 142.02799260000006-36.66070229999999 141.70526910000007 -36.251645299999986 142.35071610000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259731708094017313.post-18035843229458993852014-07-24T09:03:00.000+10:002014-08-06T16:02:38.425+10:00Edward Harold ARTSO [ 1892 - 1918]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Edward Harold ARTSO was born in Warrnambool (Victoria, Australia) in 1892. He was the 9th child to Martha HAMMOND and William ARTSOW.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">William ARTSOW was born in Canton, Guangzhou, China in 1831 and married Martha HAMMOND at the See Yup Temple in Emerald Hill on 15th September 1875.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />01 February 1916.<br />At the age of 23 years and one month, Edward enlisted in the AIF, his occupation at that time was as a carpenter. He was enlisted in to the 29th Battalion. He was described as being 5 feet two inches, weighed 116 lbs, had a dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair and was considered "fit for active service".</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Two months later he embarked Melbourne on board the troop carrier HMAT A14 EURIPIDES headed towards the Middle East, landing at Alexandria. By July he had been dispatched to the "Bombing School" in Lyndhurst in England, where he stayed until the September of 1916. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Which perhaps was just as well, seeing that he missed the Battle of Fromelles that his Battalion fought in during July 1916<span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Edward was wounded in action at Sailly-le-Sec which is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France, <span style="font-size: large;">not far from Amien<span style="font-size: large;">s</span></span>. He was <span style="font-size: large;">immediately</span> tr<span style="font-size: large;">ansferred to 11th Australian Field Ambulance <span style="font-size: large;">H</span>ospital.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="objectDescription"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is the diary entry for the 3rd May 1918 from the 29th Bn showing they </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />18th May 1918</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Edward</span> Harold Artso died at Vignacourt in France from a Gun Shot Wound to his back and right arm that he had <span style="font-size: large;">received</span> at Sailly-le-Sec on 3 May 1918.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">His </span>burial took place that same day at </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Vignacourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 3), in France.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Leone Fabrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184959562671042750noreply@blogger.com4Sailly-le-Sec, France49.920976 2.582535000000007149.880086500000004 2.5018540000000069 49.9618655 2.6632160000000074