Who did stuff it up. Someone did. Robert Lee Melbourne > On 4 Sep 2015, at 8:06 am, Cordelia Hull via <sfhg@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Thank you to everyone who has helped with Edwin Walter Heasman's naval > record, especially Marion for going the extra mile and discovering that his > medals were auctioned in 2007. > > As an English migrant to Australia I have always squirmed when the 'Story > of Anzac' (Gallipoli / Dardanelles) was told by Australians. Part of their > story (myth?) seems to be that the British stuffed it up and caused > needless Australian deaths. > > Now I can be comforted that my grandfather's cousin (Ernest Walter Heasman) > at least got a DSM as part of the 'stuff-up'. :-) > > Thanks once again. > > Cordelia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message