Dear Listers, Hope someone can suggest where I might look . I have an ancestor who was in the Australia Imperial Force 24th Battalion. What I'd like to know is where in/ what part of France would they have been fighting . He was killed in action 3 May 1917. His name was James Campbell and I do have his service record but all it has on the records is France. Many thanks Chris

Chris, From the Australian War Memorial website.... http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11211.asp In May 1917 the battalion participated in the successful, but costly, second battle of Bullecourt. It was involved for only a single day – 3 May – but suffered almost 80 per cent casualties. The AIF’s focus for the rest of the year was the Ypres sector in Belgium, and the 24th’s major engagement there was the seizure of Broodseinde Ridge. Hope this helps, Glenn On 02/02/2010, at 2:08 PM, Goldstraw wrote: > Dear Listers, > > Hope someone can suggest where I might look . > > I have an ancestor who was in the Australia Imperial Force 24th Battalion. > What I'd like to know is where in/ what part of France would they have been > fighting . He was killed in action 3 May 1917. His name was James Campbell > and I do have his service record but all it has on the records is France. > > Many thanks > Chris > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-MELBOURNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Glenn. Will take a look too. Chris, >From the Australian War Memorial website.... >http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11211.asp In May 1917 the battalion participated in the successful, but costly, second battle of Bullecourt. It was involved for only a single day – 3 May – but suffered almost 80 per cent casualties. The AIF’s focus for the rest of the year was the Ypres sector in Belgium, and the 24th’s major engagement there was the seizure of Broodseinde Ridge. Hope this helps, Glenn On 02/02/2010, at 2:08 PM, Goldstraw wrote: > Dear Listers, > > Hope someone can suggest where I might look . > > I have an ancestor who was in the Australia Imperial Force 24th Battalion. > What I'd like to know is where in/ what part of France would they have > been > fighting . He was killed in action 3 May 1917. His name was James Campbell > and I do have his service record but all it has on the records is France. > > Many thanks > Chris > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-MELBOURNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-MELBOURNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message