Response to Bob Colgan. Dear Bob, My grandfather, George Sutherland, also served in the 18th Battalion. George was in D Company. Are you aware that one Michael Vickers is writing a history of the 18th Battalion? If you have any information you could supply to Michael he would be most appreciative. His e-mail address is [email protected] The 18th Battalion is one of the few battalions of the First Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force not to have it's history written. Michael is trying to fill this void. If you have the citation for your great uncles MM you could perhaps send it to Michael. If you are looking for information about the service of your great uncle you can obtain his service record from the National Archives of Australia for $Aus16.20, if you don't know his service details i.e. his regimental number, rank, date of enlistment you can obtain that information from the Australian War Memorial free. There is a Nominal Roll with the necessary details. The Australian War Memorial is at www.fed.gov.au , just type the war memorials name into the search panel, when you get there go to Biographical Databases, then to Nominal Rolls and follow the prompts from there. The National Archives are at www.naa.gov.au/ Go to Family History, scroll down to 'Links from this page', go to Military and follow the prompts. To expedite the processing of your request supply the information you have obtained from the War Memorial and you should have the details in six to eight weeks, maximum about 12 weeks. Bob, I hope this information is of some use to you. I know some of the history of the battalion after it landed on Gallipoli, if you would like to contact me ex-list, feel free and I will share my knowledge with you. Best Regards Paul Kinney >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: AUS-MILITARY-D Digest V03 #17 >Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 11:00:02 -0700 > ><< message2.txt >> ><< message4.txt >> ><< message6.txt >> ><< message8.txt >> ><< message10.txt >> _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
Hi Paul, The Australian War Memorial is at www.awm.gov.au no need to go through another site. Same with The National Archives at www.naa.gov.au/ go to record search sign on as guest and you are there. Hope this helps. Robert Duggan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Kinney" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 6:44 PM Subject: Re: AUS-MILITARY-D Digest V03 #17 > Response to Bob Colgan. > Dear Bob, > My grandfather, George Sutherland, also served in the 18th > Battalion. George was in D Company. Are you aware that one Michael Vickers > is writing a history of the 18th Battalion? If you have any information you > could supply to Michael he would be most appreciative. > His e-mail address is [email protected] The 18th Battalion is one > of the few battalions of the First Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force > not to have it's history written. Michael is trying to fill this void. If > you have the citation for your great uncles MM you could perhaps send it to > Michael. > If you are looking for information about the service of your great > uncle you can obtain his service record from the National Archives of > Australia for $Aus16.20, if you don't know his service details i.e. his > regimental number, rank, date of enlistment you can obtain that information > from the Australian War Memorial free. There is a Nominal Roll with the > necessary details. The Australian War Memorial is at www.fed.gov.au , just > type the war memorials name into the search panel, when you get there go to > Biographical Databases, then to Nominal Rolls and follow the prompts from > there. > The National Archives are at www.naa.gov.au/ Go to Family History, > scroll down to 'Links from this page', go to Military and follow the > prompts. To expedite the processing of your request supply the information > you have obtained from the War Memorial and you should have the details in > six to eight weeks, maximum about 12 weeks. > Bob, I hope this information is of some use to you. I know some of the > history of the battalion after it landed on Gallipoli, if you would like to > contact me ex-list, feel free and I will share my knowledge with you. > Best Regards > Paul Kinney > > > > > >From: [email protected] > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: AUS-MILITARY-D Digest V03 #17 > >Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 11:00:02 -0700 > > > ><< message2.txt >> > ><< message4.txt >> > ><< message6.txt >> > ><< message8.txt >> > ><< message10.txt >> > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > ______________________________