Fromelles Missing - George HONEY

[Tjapaltjarri]

That's good to hear Sarah,

I will pass the message on to my family contact.

I still believe that rather than listing the cases as completed it would be better to have separate columns for paternal and maternal DNA links. This will also help people who wish to help via rootschat to focus their efforts on what may contribute best to the overall aim, to get individually named headstones for the fallen.

It's hard to tell on the basis of undisclosed results from the 28 trial DNA extractions (reported on the invisionzone Fromelles Group site http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showforum=90) what proportion of the bodies recovered will yield sufficiently good material to allow identification by means of Y chromosome DNA analysis.

Covering your bets by finding candidates for both male and female lines would therefore seem prudent.

Best,

Howard

[Tjapaltjarri]

Hi again Sarah,

Just to add to the comments of Just Moi and others, I too tried several times to make contact with Fromelles.net group via the email you gave and never received any acknowledgement.

I think it would be good public relations if you acknowledged all bone fide communications, even if only with a 'stock answer'.

I have a set of stock answer messages in *.txt format set up with shortcuts so I can cut and paste when needed. It takes but a few moments and helps to maintain goodwill 

Best,

Tjapaltjarri

[Auimfo]

Tjapaltjarri,

As far as I know, we've never received an email from you?    It's possible (but unlikely) that among the large volume of emails we've been receiving lately, we might have missed yours but I doubt it.   If this happens to be the case then you have my apology.   Otherwise please feel free to try again and I'll get back to you ASAP.

Cheers,
Tim L.

[Tjapaltjarri]

I've looked again my my correspondence with George Honey's MtDNA relatives - identified a few more and written to them with information about how to contact the Australian MOD to assist with the identification process.

I haven't heard back but am hoping this will stimulate some action following the stories leading up to the successful identification of the 96 other AIF soldiers who fell at Fromelles and are buried in the Pheasant Wood Cemetery.

Failing a response it strikes me that isotope profiling of the teeth could assist - providing od course that teeth form part of the soldier's remains - as the geology around Port Isaac in Cornwall would leave quite a distinctive marker.

Best,

Howard

[Voy]

Hi there. I'm new to all this and was just looking through some old censuses for no particular reason, and in my searches this thread came up. I'm a descendant of Gregory Honey, George's brother, although not through the female line. Not sure if that's useful.

[fedelmar]

Its worthwhile contacting the Army ... you can do that via this page

http://www.army.gov.au/Our-work/Unrecovered-War-Casualties/Fromelles/The-Australian-Fromelles-Relatives-Database

Good luck ...

Bright Blessings
Sandra (Playle)