Lenore raises an interesting issue with the National Archives on-line index which is a trap unless careful. The National Archives index, which is on-line, only contains a portion of the records of those who served in WW1 - for example, doing a search using the terms "NOK POE" (Next of kin and Place of Enlistment) with the time range 1914-1920, only brings up about 180,000 records, when we know that the overseas AIF alone was in the order of 400,000. On closer inspection, it appears that what they have done is made a start on the project, working alphabetically until they got to somewhere in the letter "G". They also have done some of the more common surnames after this (e.g. Smith), as this presumably helped their search staff, and they also appear to have placed entries where people have requested files, (as some of my file requests for letters such as M now appear on the list but didn't before; and the numbers of files indexed is slowly rising). This partially complete index can be frustrating, particularly when searching for "depot" soldiers, but we have to be realistic and recognise the magnitutude of the task and hope they keep on perservering. The tip is if you are fairly sure someone did serve, send them as many details as possible, and a file may turn up. Peter Gibson Queanbeyan NSW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenore Frost" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 7:33 PM Subject: Re: Andrew PRICE died WW1 at Gallipoli >From : "Ted White" <[email protected]> To : [email protected] >Subject : Andrew PRICE died WW1 at Gallipoli Date : Wed, 26 Feb 2003 >23:09:23 -0500 >Hello All >I am new to the list and have just found a memorial card amongst the > >possessions of an aunt. It is for Andrew PRICE who died in the First > >World War. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission site states that he > >was 798 Corporal Andrew PRICE of the 3rd Battalion, Australian >Infantry, >AIF and that he died on 29 April 1915 (age 49) . He is >commemorated on the >Lone Pine Memorial in Turkey. > >I would appreciate any help in finding out more about this soldier who >may >well be related. Would you please suggest sources of information >for me to >use especially any on line. Thanking you, Best wishes, Ted White, Burlington, Ontario, Canada. <[email protected]> Hi Ted, We have very good online resources for the First AIF. National Archives of Australia website should have an entry for his Enlistment and Army records in their catalogue, but having had a look for him, for some reason it does not appear. I have had this experience myself, and contacted them about a missing record, quoting his serial number and other known details, and somehow they found and copied a record for me - but it still doesn't appear in the catalogue. I don't know why. I would suggest you contact them about Andrew Price. They charge around $A17 for a set of soldier's documents, and they are well worth the money. http://www.naa.gov.au/ The next site you should look at is the Australian War Memorial which has a number of databases to look at. http://www.awm.gov.au See the nominal roll for the date of enlistment, death, and unit, mainly as a confirmation. See also the Roll of Honour database - Andrew Price gets a guernsey in that place, showing that he enlisted in Drummoyne, NSW He doesn't seem to be in the Commemorative Roll, nor the Red Cross missing list. It looks like you'd better concentrate on getting the National Archives to cough up his army papers. :-) Do a Google search on Lone Pine or 3rd Battalion, and you'll probably come up with a myriad of commemorative sites where Andrew may be mentioned. Good luck, Lenore Frost Essendon, Vic http://www.members.optushome.com.au/lenorefrost/ See details of my new book: "Essendon and the Boer War, with letters from the veldt, 1899-1902" http://www.members.optushome.com.au/lenorefrost/bookshop.html _________________________________________________________________ MSN Instant Messenger now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_messenger.asp