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    1. Re: 45th Infantry Battalion
    2. Robert Heal
    3. Hello Mike and David, you can forget about that Knox college theory, Barker College at Hornsby started in the 1890's some time, but Knox Grammar School nearby definitely started in 1924, so if he was killed in the war he could not have been a teacher there ! Hope this helps Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 11:06 PM Subject: Re: 45th Infantry Battalion > David > You said "He enlisted in the 45th Infantry Battalion on 15 Nov 1915." > > From Bean's volume III, it said that the 45th was raised from the 13thBn in > Feb/March 1916. So it is likely that he left Australia as a reinforcement > for the 13th Bn which was part of the 4th Bde, Ist Div. With the > reorganisation the 45th was created and became part of the 12th Bde of the > 4th Div. You may need to look at about pp 40-45 of Volume III to get an > overview of this reorganisation. > > Is it worth asking your local Library to do a search to see if the book is > in one of the Military Libraries in the UK? > > If he was from Scotland, he may have been a teacher at Knox College, rather > than the Government school system. > > Mike Boyd > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 7:42 PM > Subject: 45th Infantry Battalion > > > > 'Morning Listers, > > > > Can anyone tell me how I could get hold of a copy of: > > > > Lee, J. E. (Joseph Edward), A brief history of the 45th Battalion, A.I.F., > > 1916-1919 ([Sydney] : 45th Battalion Reunion Association, 1962) > > > > Researching Lt James Sutter TERRAS, native of Lanarkshire, Scotland, who > > emigrated to Australia some time between 1905 and 1915 and worked as a > > schoolmaster in Hornsby, NSW. He enlisted in the 45th Infantry Battalion > on > > 15 Nov 1915. Killed in action near Albert on 28th March 1918. > > > > Any info on James or the book would be gratefully received. > > > > David Brown > > Lancashire > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-MILITARY Mailing List ==== > > First AIF Order of Battle 1914-1918 > > http://www.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett/index.html > > > > > ==== AUS-MILITARY Mailing List ==== > Anzac Research > http://anzacresearch.tripod.com/index.htm >

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