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/ >

Karen They did. But I do not know why a person was called a driver - when they were in chargeof horses. Mike Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen and Lee" <leeren1@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-MILITARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 2:46 PM 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/ >> > > > > ==== AUS-MILITARY Mailing List ==== > Please support RootsWeb who make this list possible > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >