"Mathuna" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Hi - I'm searching for information on Richard Reginald Smart > who served with the British Army in World War 1, then on his > return to Australia is shown in the electoral rolls of 1933, > 1943 and 1949 as a farmer at Menangle Park. He married Eleanor > Forrest in London in 1915. Although he was supposed to be born > in 1884 in Australia I cannot find his birth or death, nor that > of his wife. Hi Patricia Thats an odd way round of being supposedly born here and then serving in the British Army in WW1? Were a great many English blokes in the AIF I think he was a horse trainer not a farmer They lived at Menangle House ,which is still there and is horse country Anyway they went back to the UK in 1949 and possibly d in Cirencester ( also horse territory) They came here in 1931 ....... Will send the file separately . You need to download the special viewer from FMP to see this Bye -- MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast

Hi MargM - Thank you for the wonderful work you have done, opened up a lot of new avenues. According to his army file he was born in Australia, although I can't find any record. He served in the North Irish Horse - www.northirishhorse.com.au - I am searching for photos of these horsemen and have found quite a few in Australia and N.Z. Some had strong ties with Ireland. I guess Richard was keen to join a cavalry regiment. My father was born in Ireland, served with the NIH, emigrated to Australia, and when the Second World War was declared tried to re-enlist with the Royal Irish Fusiliers, but was too old, ending up training a garrison battalion in Hay, NSW Many thanks for your assistance, also Eileen, who replied. MargM wrote: > "Mathuna" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] >> Hi - I'm searching for information on Richard Reginald Smart >> who served with the British Army in World War 1, then on his >> return to Australia is shown in the electoral rolls of 1933, >> 1943 and 1949 as a farmer at Menangle Park. He married Eleanor >> Forrest in London in 1915. Although he was supposed to be born >> in 1884 in Australia I cannot find his birth or death, nor that >> of his wife. > > Hi Patricia > > Thats an odd way round of being supposedly born here and then > serving in the British Army in WW1? Were a great many English > blokes in the AIF > > I think he was a horse trainer not a farmer They lived at > Menangle House ,which is still there and is horse country > Anyway they went back to the UK in 1949 and possibly d in > Cirencester ( also horse territory) > > They came here in 1931 ....... Will send the file separately . > You need to download the special viewer from FMP to see this > > > Bye > >

On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:24:55 +1100, "MargM" <[email protected]> wrote: >They came here in 1931 ....... Will send the file separately . >You need to download the special viewer from FMP to see this If you are referring to DjVu files then all you need to have is a decent free image viewer installed, like Ifranview with the plug ins installed, to view these files. -- Bob This newsgroup post is not an invitation to reply by email.