They sure were Jocelyn, what they achieved, I also found a story of them being sneaky and plugging into the camp power supply, they also knocked off the supply of potatos, built a still and (had a very big night)..also found the grandson of a chap called Archie Sutcliffe "known as fluffy" the lead female impersonator in the camp pantomines, not sure what the grandson thinks of that.. Thereis a few Victorians in this camp. Jenelle. -----Original Message----- From: jabond@tpg.com.au [mailto:jabond@tpg.com.au] Sent: Saturday, 29 September 2012 7:11 AM To: aus-vic@rootsweb.com; Jenelle McCarrick Cc: AUS-VIC@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC] ARTHUR WEARNE - AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS AND PRISONER OF WORLD WAR 1 hi Jenelle If you have trouble finding the Tree, let me know . The Trees are on the left side of the screen at the bottom - but one comes up on the main results side if you search his name and birthdate Weren't those guys amazing in WW1. Extraordinary bravery- I am sure you are having the most exciting time right now with your research. If you need any more help, just post again Cheers Jocelyn On Sat, Sep 29th, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Jenelle McCarrick <jmac2005@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Thanks Jocelyn, I'll have a look at the tree, I have a 12 month sub to > ancestry, I must have missed that tree yesterday. I must have > contacted about 30 pople this week who have connections to the > Prisoners of War, Holzminden and the escape of 23/24 July, 1918 under > Niemeyer's nose via a tunnel. > Jenelle. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jabond@tpg.com.au [mailto:jabond@tpg.com.au] > Sent: Friday, 28 September 2012 9:24 PM > To: aus-vic@rootsweb.com; Jenelle McCarrick > Cc: AUS-VIC@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC] ARTHUR WEARNE - AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS AND > PRISONER OF WORLD WAR 1 > > hi Jenelle > > Ancestry.com is giving free access all weekend - so you can have some > fun researching this family yourself - there is already a good Tree > you will see on there > > Name: Arthur Wearne > Mother: Julia Lennox > Father: Richard Wearne > Birth: abt 1895 > Death: 1945 - Sunbury, Victoria > > > Birth: 30 Oct 1894 - Australia > Death: 16 Oct 1945 > Parents: Richard Henry Wearne, Julia Lennox > > you will be able to follow him on the electoral rolls as well. so make > the most of it! > > http://search.ancestry.com/ > > Play around with the search facility - eg if you want siblings, just > enter surname only and then add parents names in the area for that > > Also - try the old newspapers - google trove au and use advanced > search > > Cheers > Jocelyn > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 28th, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Jenelle McCarrick > <jmac2005@tpg.com.au> > wrote: > > > Looking for any information on Lieutenant Arthur WEARNE, Australian > > Flying Corps 68 squadron, taken pow 26 July, 1917 according to Cox > > and Co..spent time as a pow at Holzminden, next of kin is shown as > > his mother Julia. I have details of his war record, red cross > > record, Australian flying Corps site, www.theaerodrome.com, just > > looking for family. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Jenelle. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > AUS-VIC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >