Completed - Many thanks - Any significance to only wearing one glove

[JoJoBuggins]

Hi

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When my son gets home from college I will get him to post the MIC for you to have a look at, not 100% sure how to do it 

Jo

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Ady

I'm really showing my ignorance here, but what exactly did the Army Ordnance Corps do?

Jo

[JAP]

...i could be wrong,but it looks like a bad shadow not a glove,if his service record has survived,roy will find it.
mack

Can anyone improve on the "gloved" hand?

The thumbnail (better rephrase that given modern terminology! - the nail of the thumb on that dark hand) is so clear that it does seem odd if it is in a glove ...

Jo, I think that Ordnance Corps were responsible for equipment and especially ammunition.

JAP

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Jo
As JAP says AOC dealt with the supply of weaponry munitions and other military equipment to the Troops.
I had a play with the photo and reckon its either a prosthetic hand or bad shadow.

Ady

[JoJoBuggins]

Jap and Ady many thanks, thats cleared that up about Ordnance Corp

The more I look at the photo, dont think it is a bad shadow, because if you look at the "dark" hand/fingers you can see abit of shadow around it, probably is like you say a prosthetic hand

Jo

[goggy]

G'Day All!
Very intriguing this.I'm not too sure about what I'm about to say,but will say it and see what the comeback is!
Isn't it a basic rule that a soldier is a person trained as such,and all else that follows is secondary to that training?
Every soldier as far as I recall was a Rifleman first,therefore as bad as they may have been with firearms, that was mandatory.
So,would a man with a prosthesis that would hinder the use of a firearm be fit to soldier on?
                   Goggy.

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Jo
On his MIC in the rank space does it give anthing The MIC is to a Pte  CF Verity but hes wearing Cpl stripes so he may have been an A/Cpl (Acting) in the AOC.

Ady

[JoJoBuggins]

G'day Goggy

Basically in a nutshell, I dont know.

What you are saying makes sense, but wouldnt they have just removed him from frontline duties and put him onto something else,(not familiar with how they did things back then)

Surely they wouldnt just discharge them but then again........

We dont know for sure if he wasnt already discharged when the photo (were they allowed to wear uniform when they had left/been discharged) was taken AND we dont know if it is a prosthesis, its all guesswork isnt it, at the end of the day

Jo

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Ady

It says R. Fus Pte 14965 (there is a x above the R) and A.O.C. Pte 039861

also something else I dont understand, think it says Theatre of War first served in, then in brackets it has (4A)

Date of entry therein 8.5.15

Jo