Karen They did have motor vehicles and used them in various roles. However, horses were much more reliable in many jobs, and were used much more than motor vehicles. At least for some time in the Australian contingent, motor drivers were in a separate unit. If your ancestor was classed as a motor driver, that's what he will have been - car driver. The simple description "driver" means a horse driver - this could be in a supply capacity (e.g. service corps), the artillery (guns hauled by horses) etc Peter Gibson Queanbeyan NSW -----Original Message----- From: Karen and Lee [mailto:leeren1@bigpond.com] Sent: Tuesday, 25 April 2006 2:46 PM To: AUS-MILITARY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-MIL] WWI Abbreviation Excuse my Ignorance but did they not have motor vehicles in 1918, that a driver drove horses? I ask as I have an ancestor from WW1 who is classed as a Motor Driver. ? Thanks Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-MILITARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-MIL] WWI Abbreviation > Dean > Driver in 1918 meant a driver of horses (not car) > ASC - I think was the Australian Service Corps (my granfather fiished the > War in the ASC from the 25 or 26 Bn. > > Can't suggest what DLS means. > > Mike Boyd > brisbane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dean Martin Rees Newman" <kenyon@znet.net.au> > To: <AUS-MILITARY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 3:30 PM > Subject: [AUS-MIL] WWI Abbreviation > > > > Hail from the "Windy Coast of Paradise" > > (Lat 17.5s Long 146.1e) > > Hi to All, > > Can SKS please help me and expand the WW I unit abbreviation <Driver ASC > > DLS>? > > And may that which you seek be found > > Dean Newman, North Queensland Australia. > > kenyon@znet.net.au > > "Time goes, you say Ah no! Alas Time stays, we go." > > > > > > ==== AUS-MILITARY Mailing List ==== > > AUS-MILITARY is set so that, by default, replies go to the list. Please > > check your replies before sending, to make sure that is what you know is > > happening. > > > > > ==== AUS-MILITARY Mailing List ==== > Milton Ulladulla Boer War & WW1 > http://www.shoalhaven.net.au/~cathyd/war/ > ______________________________