Yes Judy, Providing it is to do with the Germans of SEQld, it is of interest. Particularly your grandfather, who himself was a German migrant, a leader in his community, and through this leadership, helped with the migration of many German families, indeed, some settlements, and yet was still interned. From your book, it would be interesting to note which families members were interned from the various families, even more astonishing if other relatives signed up. Lorrae (PS - was the SEQld area ever defined - as far north as Maryborough, Bundaberg, perhaps Rockhampton (although I have not heard of German settlement in that area) and west as far as settlement went? -----Original Message----- From: Judy Cutts [mailto:jaycee@uqconnect.net] Sent: Sunday, 10 November 2002 6:12 PM To: Tom & Lorrae Johnson Subject: Re: "Lest we forget" Yes, my G Grandfather H F Niemeyer was interned during WW1. Is this of interest? I have a very good book "Enemy Aliens" by Gerhard Fischer outlining who was interned and why during the period 1914 - 1920. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom & Lorrae Johnson" <taj@uq.net.au> To: <AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 9:47 PM Subject: "Lest we forget" > Hi List > > With the 11th November fast approaching, and knowing this is the list for > the Germans who settled in SE Qld in the late 1800's, how many of the next > generation then signed up to fight their home country? > > I know a lot were interned here in Australia, mostly the leaders of their > communities, but there were also a lot who did enlist. > > Revealed today is the WW2 database on the Internet http://www.ww2roll.gov.au > > Have we got any list members with family who either enlisted or were > interned? > > Lorrae Johnson > > ______________________________