On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:01:06 +1100, "jones" <jones@nowhere.com> wrote: >As I do my research from military/enlistment documents, I find it irritating >that there is no date of birth on these. Just an age of enlistment. > >Wonder why no date of birth? The short answer is that if the form being used at the time didn't ask for it then that's why it's not shown. If you look at it form the recruiters perspective their concern was whether the recruit was old enough or not too old, hence the age on entistment question. As pointed out in another reply even when it was given, ie in WWII Australian Army records, you can't always rely on it in any event. In my Eldridge research the largest WWII age 'adjustment' I've come across is 11 years (if I recall correctly) however I do invariably find that when the date of birth was 'adjusted' it was the year that was altered and not the day and month. -- Robert G. Eldridge Toronto NSW Australia http://www.eldridgegenealogy.org Now researching ELDRIDGE families world wide 1000s at my Web site *Wanted* Any Eldridge related information