Hi hunter listers. This is a general inquiry. I have come into possession of an old postcard from my great uncle Darcy Smith when he was in WWI and am having trouble with one small detail. He says "I opened fire today at 400 yards with the M.?. and done good work". Does anyone have an idea what the ? is and what a M.?. might be. I assume it is some kind of gun. Regards Tim Jones

Hi it could be Machine Gun at 400 yds it would be deadly. Fred -------Original Message------- From: Tim Jones Date: 03/31/11 22:12:15 To: aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com Subject: [HV] WWI fire arms Hi hunter listers. This is a general inquiry. I have come into possession of an old postcard >From my great uncle Darcy Smith when he was in WWI and am having trouble With one small detail. He says "I opened fire today at 400 yards with the M.?. And done good work". Does anyone have an idea what the ? Is and what a M.?. Might be. I assume it is some kind of gun. Regards Tim Jones Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any Reply...... Thank you! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi.. Sounds like Machine Gun.. Do you know his service history.. he may have been in a MG battalion'The National Archives have all service files for the AIF during WW1 and have been digitising them.http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/recordsearch/index.aspxLog in as a guest, and search under his name .. narrowing it down by the series number will help alot.. WW1 files are Series.. B2455.Cheers .. Ken. > From: tc.jones@bigpond.com > To: aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:11:24 +1100 > Subject: [HV] WWI fire arms > > Hi hunter listers. > > This is a general inquiry. I have come into possession of an old postcard > from my great uncle Darcy Smith when he was in WWI and am having trouble > with one small detail. He says "I opened fire today at 400 yards with the > M.?. and done good work". Does anyone have an idea what the ? is and what a > M.?. might be. I assume it is some kind of gun. > > Regards > Tim Jones > > > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message