Rob To be honest I'm just a bit disappointed that so many are so pedantic and have so much time to waste nit picking the tiniest of typos. So what if you typed ACE instead of AGE. With a little tolerance and a smidgen of imagination is not so hard to figure out what you meant! Its Christmas! At least for the next few days lets be understanding and tolerant of simple errors. I would hate to see the reaction for something really serious. Perhaps a few folks jumping off the West Gate Bridge in despair!! Merry Christmas Peace and Goodwill to all. Ron Phillips Melbourne Vic. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robyn Leeds" <honey@honeyshome.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 3:10 AM Subject: ACE/AGE on headstones > Hi everyone :) > > Okay, okay, I'm going to admit this little blonde Aussie deserves the > "Dunce of the Year" award over my "ACE" comment!! Quite a few people have > emailed me on AND offlist saying it's supposed to be "AGE". Yep, > definitely time to stop putting off my laser surgery for retinopathy and > get these eyes back to how they SHOULD be!! lol > > Thanks everyone for confirming what it should be, and next time I'll zoom > in on the photo so I can see better, or better still go see the Prof. at > Katherinen Krankenhaus and get these aging eyes seen to!! lol > > Take care, > > Rob. > IBSSG > Stuttgart, Germany > Honey's Home of Genealogy > www.honeyshome.com > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Practice safe genealogy - don't include the personal details of the > living. >

G'day Ron I dont think listers were nitpicking as Robyn asked : On his headstone it reads 504 2/Corporal J.T. Bynon 2 Tunnelling Company, 21st February 1929 ACE 4-6 (or is that 4.6?). I have no idea what the "ACE" part means which is why I typed that in full. If anyone else knows, can you please inform me? Ta muchly! :D cheers Lyn