K.Lemon wrote: >My grandfather fought during WW1 in the 4th. DIV. TRAIN. Can anyone >explain what exactly this stood for??? Also he was in the BOER WAR >as a private but became LIEUTENANT in WW1 promoted to CAPTAIN.His >name was Robert Withers.There is no mixup in names so if someone can >add to this I would be most appreciative?? 4th Division Train. This rather old fashioned term refers to the baggage train that followed a division around. This horse drawn (in WWI) transport hauled the supplies forward. A Boer War veteran would often be considered a good choice to head up a horse drawn transport section. Not too strenuous a job for an older man, but requiring a good knowledge of military administration and procedure and experience with horses.

Peter M Thomas wrote: >Note: 51st was formed after Gallipoli by splitting the 16th: both were >W.A. units. The 51st was formed by splitting the 11th; the 48th was formed by splitting the 16th.

My grandfather fought during WW1 in the 4th. DIV. TRAIN. Can anyone explain what exactly this stood for??? Also he was in the BOER WAR as a private but became LIEUTENANT in WW1 promoted to CAPTAIN.His name was Robert Withers.There is no mixup in names so if someone can add to this I would be most appreciative?? signed K.Lemon

G'day, a year or so ago, I searched the AWM Photographic database. I found a photo, taken in France, but after the Armistice, of all officers & NCO's of the 51st Bn. Perhaps there are other photos, but I forget. Suggest you have a look there. My interest is Warrant Officer Edwin RICE MSM, 16th Bn at Gallipoli; 51st Bn for the rest of the war. Note: 51st was formed after Gallipoli by splitting the 16th: both were W.A. units. Peter THOMAS Darwin, Australia <[email protected]> -----Original Message----- From: Donna [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 26 November 2002 16:03 To: [email protected] Subject: 51st Battalion I am wishing to find a photograph of the 3rd reinforcements 51st Battalion, from the First War. They departed from Western Australia. Can anyone tell me in a direction to look. Thanks Donna Western Australi ______________________________

and this one 8TH LIGHT HORSE REG.

ARTILLERY GEN. DIV. 1940 thanks

1OTH FEILD COY, LATE PIONEERS 11TH BTN 7TH LIGHT HORSE SQD 26TH REINFORCEMENTS would appreciate any info re the above units thank you

Or maybe it was the new one? http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/ Joy Clingan - Braidwood ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl Ward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 3:18 PM Subject: WW1 Records > Hi > > I don't know if this is what you want, but a searchable database is > available on the internet. > http://www.awm.gov.au/database/133/index.asp > > Also, if you search the National Archives > > http://www.naa.gov.au/ > > the series number for WW1 records is B2455. > > Daryl Ward > > > > > ==== AUS-MILITARY Mailing List ==== > First AIF Order of Battle 1914-1918 > http://www.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett/index.html > >

http://www.awm.gov.au there are several databases related to WW1 at the above. Peter THOMAS Darwin, Australia <[email protected]> -----Original Message----- From: John&Gwen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 25 November 2002 16:55 To: [email protected] Subject: WW1 records Hi all There was an address for WW1 records published in, I think, one of the newsletters. Being a dummy I scratched it before copying. Can someone please let me know what it is. John B

Hello List, Earlier this year I received a set of fiche being the War Diary of the 11th Bn AIF. My interest is actually with another battalion and so I would like to find someone who thinks they could do with these fiche for the 11th Bn. If you are interested, please contact me off list explaining briefly what your interest/connection is with the 11th Bn. Yours Julie in England

Dear Listers, Could someone provide details on the 41st Batt AIF in WW1 - where it served overseas? . Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards Denise

carm wrote: >I was sent this info by Ross today but accidently deleted it and >dont want to have to ask him for it again, I know he must be a busy >person. > >could you help me with the following please, >8th RFTS. 24th Btn and where this unit served overseas WW1 >THANK YOU >RAY 24th Infantry Battalion (Victoria) [6th Infantry Brigade] Formed Victoria February 1915. Departed Melbourne Euripides 8 May 1915. 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Afric 5 January 1916 Battle Honours: Suvla, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915-16, Somme 1916-18, Pozieres, Bapaume 1917, Bullecourt, Ypres 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodeseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Ancre 1918, Hamel, Amiens, Albert 1918, Mont St Quentin, Hindenburg Line, Beaurevoir, France and Flanders 1916-18 -- ---- First AIF Order of Battle: http://www.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett/

I was sent this info by Ross today but accidently deleted it and dont want to have to ask him for it again, I know he must be a busy person. could you help me with the following please, 8th RFTS. 24th Btn and where this unit served overseas WW1 THANK YOU RAY

David If she re-married it is highly likely that Albert died in WWI. I would try the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site - sorry I can't give you the address. Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: David Wylie <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:52 PM Subject: Albert Sharpe > I am trying to trace an Albert Sharpe, who married Maggie Mae Wylie in 1911 in Queensland. > The problem I have, is that she married someone else in 1919. > After exhausting everywhere I can think of, it dawned on me he may have joined the armed forces in WW1. > Can anyone please tell me how I can trace if this is so? > I had an address a long time ago, but it was deleted with other messages. > Any help would be worthwhile. > David > > > ==== AUS-MILITARY Mailing List ==== > Replies to queries on AUS-MILITARY should generally be sent to the list as well as the sender > Please use the "reply to all" function of your mail program >

Hi I don't know if this is what you want, but a searchable database is available on the internet. http://www.awm.gov.au/database/133/index.asp Also, if you search the National Archives http://www.naa.gov.au/ the series number for WW1 records is B2455. Daryl Ward

I am wishing to find a photograph of the 3rd reinforcements 51st Battalion, from the First War. They departed from Western Australia. Can anyone tell me in a direction to look. Thanks Donna Western Australi

I am trying to trace an Albert Sharpe, who married Maggie Mae Wylie in 1911 in Queensland. The problem I have, is that she married someone else in 1919. After exhausting everywhere I can think of, it dawned on me he may have joined the armed forces in WW1. Can anyone please tell me how I can trace if this is so? I had an address a long time ago, but it was deleted with other messages. Any help would be worthwhile. David

Hi all There was an address for WW1 records published in, I think, one of the newsletters. Being a dummy I scratched it before copying. Can someone please let me know what it is. John B

Hi, VDC means Vlounteer Defence Corps PTD means Part Time Duty It was spelled out in some of the other records on the WW2 site Cheere Jim Armstrong [email protected] Reasearching - Armstrong, Burns, Walker, Little (Airdrie Lanarkshire Sc Beck (Queensland & Denmark Dicks, Waller (Queensland & Gloustershire England) Trimble, Kirkland, Black (NSW & Ireland) _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

Daryl Ward wrote: >I recently came across a reference that stared RAAF Vultee Vengeance >bombers were withdrawn from operational service in New Guinea after >a disasterous raid against Rempri by 58 Vengeances on 8 March 1944. > >Would anyone be able to provide further information or references to >this raid. >I am particularly interested in finding out how many 23 squadron >aircraft were lost on the raid. Thirty-six Vengeances were involved in this attack on Rempi. Ack ack tore holes in four Vengeances of 24 Squadron, but damage was not serious. No aircraft were lost. The Vengeances were withdrawn from action due to lack of space at forward fields; lack of range; and lack of capability compared with Kittyhawks. See Odgers: Air War Against Japan 1943-45 pp. 196-198