Albert, Hi. My Dad was a member of the Light Horse and did serve for a short while during the War, he was discharged so he could go home and be a farmer (his father was getting older and was unwell-and his other brothers didn't want to), Could your man have become unwell and been medically discharged? or he could have had a very good reason to be discharged such as farming or having a prescribed occupation that was more useful as a non combatant Gill in not wet anymore Wollongong On Saturday, 30 March 2002 9:00 AM, Albert Grulke [SMTP:[email protected]] wrote: > Can anybody out there tell me how I can establish the Light Horse units that > may have had a headquarters or a troop in or near Toowoomba in the 1930s. > I have an uncle who is alleged to have joined the Light Horse about 1938 or > 39. > What intrigues me here is that he never went top the war but was apparently > discharge at the outbreak of war. I do not understand that. > I reckon there might well be an association around town somewhere. > Albert Grulke in wet cold miserable Melbourne > > > ==== AUS-GERMAN Mailing List ==== > For your Aus-German resources go to > http://www.ainsleehooper.com/germlinks.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >