At 05:44 PM 9/12/00 +1000, Darren wrote: Many Australians travelled there privately and enlisted locally in British or other troops. They don't appear in the Australian records. Gary ==================== > I have recently obtained the AIF records of my late >G/Grandfather from the National achives. As well as being very impressed >with the amount of information that came back.... I also have found out >that he had also served in the Boer War. BUT!! I went to the "Australian >War Memorial" site to do a search on the nominal roll and couldnt find >his name anywhere. > Would anyone have any clues?? Would it be that the record >keeping back then wasnt up to scratch? Or maybe he didnt really serve?? >Who knows.....maybe someone out there can shed some light on the subject >maybe!! =================== Gary Luke feraltek@zeta.org.au fax +61-2-9519-9907 Sydney, Australia