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Armed Forces / Re: LOOK UPs Offer - V.C. Holders
« on: Monday 28 April 08 08:17 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: bcfcjjw on Tuesday 04 September 07 20:24 BST (UK)
Hi Cheshire, thanks for the offer, could you look for Samuel Wassall please he won the VC at isandlwana during the Zulu wars, i have read about him on wikepedia etc, i wonder if their was any pictures or information on him in the book. Thank you.

Pte Samuel Wassall of the 80th Regt was awarded the VC for gallantry for saving a comrade in the Buffalo river before the defense and after the Isandhlwana massacre, under heavy fire!

Sorry no photo!

pm me and can give further reference

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Australia Lookups completed / Re: William GRIMSTEAD - Launceston, Tas
« on: Monday 28 April 08 06:47 BST (UK)  »
I found the same things was happening when I was tracing my family tree in Tas, I eventually clicked that the LDS records, had been lifted from other family members online trees, due to the LDS records having the exact same mistakes that the online version had!

So the good news is that there maybe another person tracing your family tree from a different line, and the bad news is now you need to find them!

Cheers and I wish you the best of luck!

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World War One / Re: HELP NEEDED-Australian WW1 records for six DARCY brothers
« on: Monday 28 April 08 05:24 BST (UK)  »
Thanks vowgirl,

will have another look, as for the second world war they have started some. Unfortunately it looks as though they are only going to release Unit War Diaries on line from the larger corps, which is a shame as they can shed so much light on the where's and when's of a units, therefor a service persons military history.

Cheers and thank you once again for your help :)

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World War One / Re: HELP NEEDED-Australian WW1 records for six DARCY brothers
« on: Monday 28 April 08 05:08 BST (UK)  »
Hi vowgirl

Got it in favorites, already there, take off exact spelling? and type in Darcy?

Cheers

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World War One / Re: HELP NEEDED-Australian WW1 records for six DARCY brothers
« on: Monday 28 April 08 04:55 BST (UK)  »
No sorry vowgirl,

I think slamming my head into the brick wall is starting to do damage to my sight, I came up with 111 WW1 records and have gone crosseyed looking at then, plus I'm on dial up so it took most of the morning!

Can you point me in the right direction, as I can't seem to see it for looking!

Cheers

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World War One / Re: HELP NEEDED-Australian WW1 records for six DARCY brothers
« on: Monday 28 April 08 04:28 BST (UK)  »
Thank you once again to PrueM and vowgirl :)

I looked on "A gift to the Nation" site, have tried sound ex and still find nothing that is available on line, so that might mean a trip to Canberra for me, a few files that have matched eg: family names as next of kin etc, have not been examined yet!

John Darcy was born around 1880-1885 depending on which source it comes from, he was married to my grandmother Sophia Simpson on 26 Oct 1928, but there is a small chance that this may have been a second marriage.

The only other boys that that could have served as the sixth brother are Fredrick Gordon Darcy b1888 and Edward Charles Darcy b1898, all boys were born in Lauriston/Kyneton/Victoria to James Patrick Darcy and Jessie Darcy (nee Christie).

If it was Edward I can understand why I may not be able to find the records, as he would have been under 21 and I don't think that my ggrandmother would have willing let her youngest son be the sixth to go of to war, but at the same time she may not have reported him if he did (long story).

All service records have now been found for the following:
Darcy. George Edgar Service Number 1628
Darcy. Francis Patrick Service Number 3344
Darcy. Percy  Service Number 5635
Darcy. Thomas Raymond Service Number 7221 & V10848 served WW1 & WW2

Any suggestions are greatly welcomed!
Cheers:)

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World War One / Re: HELP NEEDED-Australian WW1 records for six DARCY brothers
« on: Sunday 27 April 08 07:41 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for replies PrueM and vowgirl

John Darcy, is actually my grandfather and my mother had no idea that he had served until last year when we came across some photos of him in WW1 uniform (no indication of unit etc to be seen) and letters (no given names just nick names), that had been sent to his other brothers, but just cant seem to find any service records for these last two.

I have birth, death and marriage certificates for all of the brothers, and I know who they all are, but no one knows which one was called by what nick name, my grandfather was only referred to as Woolly, but only by his brothers! my mother had never known of his nickname.

I have tried looking for Darcy in various spelllings, while looking for service records but have come up empty, I will try the "a gift to the nation" site,

I'm sure I can hear the two of them laughing !!!

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World War One / HELP NEEDED-Australian WW1 records for six DARCY brothers
« on: Sunday 27 April 08 06:09 BST (UK)  »
I have been looking for information on my great uncles war service records, we have solid evidence that six of them served in WW1, I have contacted the Australian war memorial, who have said that some of the records may have been destroyed over the years.

I have found records from the National Archives of Australia for four of the brothers WW1 service:

Darcy. George Edgar Service Number 1628
Darcy. Francis Patrick Service Number 3344
Darcy. Percy  Service Number 5635
Darcy. Thomas Raymond Service Number V10848 served WW1 & WW2

I can not find the other two, I have found  Darcy. John Service Number V395313 can only find his WW2 home service record, apparently he may have changed name on WW1 enlistment. We do have postcards and pictures that they sent back whilst serving overseas, in the postcards they refer to each other by nick names so we are not even sure of the sixth brothers name, as all up there were nine brothers. Has anyone got any suggestions of where to look or what to do next that may help.

Cheers and thank you for taking the time to read

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Christie-Middlesex and Australia
« on: Monday 14 April 08 08:05 BST (UK)  »
Looking for information on the family of my great great grandfather James Scott Christie, he was a convict sent to Tasmania in 1842. His fathers name was James, a Tobacco and Snuff manufacturer in Golden Square, he also had two brothers John a parliamentary secretary and William a master baker, We have found a lot of information in regards to James Scott but not a lot on his two brothers and mother and father.

Cheers and thank you for taking the time to read this post :)

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