ANZAC Day do you have a WW1 Ancestor that others might be interested in.

[charlotteCH]

The thought never occurred to me Dee

[tropicalj]

The kind folk on  the restoration board have done a number of my photos to their credit.

The one I have attached was cleaned up by  them

thanks Jenn

[BuddysMummy]

My ANZAC

(Copied from a previous thread, so possibly doesn't read very well!)

http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=120051

in which this is recorded:

'For conspicuous devotion to duty and bravery. At POZIERES on the 5th August, 1916, on the return of Private SMITH W.H. for more dressings, Private GRIFFITHS volunteered to accompany him back to No Man's Land, fully knowing the danger, and assisted him to dress and attend to wounded under very heavy shell fire until he himself was seriously wounded.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 184
Date: 14 December 1916


I have seen other records on the National Archives site ( http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=4703343&I=1&SE=1 ) which gave info on the fact he was injured, shipped to UK and eventually returned to Australia. The first letter to his mother stated that he was dangerously ill due to gunshot wounds to his chest, right hand and right knee. All of which contained shrapnel right up to his death in 1991.

He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. Sorry, I really know very little about medals and suchlike. It has been fascinating to read these records.l

[Rena]

I can't thank you enough for putting up the url, as I've finally found my OH's rellie William Ward who migrated to Aus aged 16 and fought at Gallipoli.  He returned home to England to run the family business when a family member died.  No medals listed tho'.

William Septimus WARD

Regimental number 1884
Religion Church of England
Occupation Dairy farmer
Address GPO, Casino, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 21
Next of kin Father, William Ward, Ivanhoe West Meadows, Clerdon near Sunderland Durham, England
Enlistment date 13 March 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 9th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/26/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 April 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll 49th Battalion
Fate Returned to Australia 10 March 1918

[Redroger]

Bertrand Evelyn Luffman Sgt 1366 17th Regt. b North India 1877 KIA Gallipoli Turkey 1915. His family had moved from India to Australia c1900. They originated in Sherborne Dorset, and are connected to my branch of the family.

[down-under]

Good Morning
Attended The ANZAC Service at Blackboy Hill Greenmount Western Australia this morning.

It was the site of a training camp which from which most of soldiers were sent off to war WW1 including Simpson with the Donkey. He jumped ship in Fremantle and enlisted with the Australians.

My youngest grandson came with me I am Birmingham born and bred and have lived in Australia since 1868.


Pam

[mosher]

Rena if you go the National Archives, you can search and there is a digital copy of William's military file.

go to http://naa12.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/NameSearchForm.aspx

It is very slow today tho!

[judb]

Many thanks Jenn, I had not seen a couple of those links before, especially the one listing the men who sailed together. Such a good collection of links - it should be in a section of the Australia Resources Board.

In Memory
Frederick Foster MASON
1895
Woodford Victoria
28 January 1917
France near Armentieres

Judith

[MarieC]

My Anzacs:

Walter John Hartley, born in Dublin in 1889, who died at Gallipoli (from the CWGC site : Name: HARTLEY, WALTER JOHN Initials: W J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Captain Regiment: Royal Irish Fusiliers Unit Text: 5th Bn. Date of Death: 16/08/1915 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 178 to 180 Cemetery: HELLES MEMORIAL.  He was the only child of his parents, and a grandson of my gggrandmother's sister.

My great-uncles, Ewen Colclough Beauchamp Cameron and William Beauchamp Cameron, who both served in Europe in World War I and returned home safely to marry and raise families.

MarieC