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

[Rena]

Hello again,

Thanks for posting the medal images.  The grandmother of my late husband was Frances Phoebe Ward and I have one of the WWI medals awarded to her brother Sgt. Herbert Ward KIA aged 28. Also in my possession is part of Herbert's last letter home to his parents which was written in pencil.

What is your connection to the family?

[clath]

I just looked up ww1 records from Canberra in regards to my two great uncles leo knox and Patrick Knox. These records provided me with lots of valuable  information i knew nothing about. good, sad information. I was under the impression that both of these brave men died in France. it turns out only Leo was killed in action. His brother Les survived. Records showed Les applied for compensation maybe pension ,maybe he was sick ptsd .dont know. in 1959. .This man was never spoken of in my family at that time. I wonder what became of him.(

[WellingtonX]

Rena, No family connection.  I am a medal collector and I research the recipients of the medals to build up a picture of his or her service.  William Ward saw service in Gallipoli and in France but he served from dysentery badly and eventually was discharged before the end of the war.   I have researched his career through the National Archives and I have attached my write up.  If you have any information on his post war life that you can share I would be grateful.  From your earlier comments and the records he returned to England shortly after the end of the war to take up farming again. I gather his father was unwell from the records.  He mentions in a letter that his health is also very poor.  I hope you find the write up.  I do try to obtain photos of the men and women whose medals I have.  You mentioned you don't have any of William Ward.  Are there any other ancestors of William Ward who may have some.  Regards

[WellingtonX]

Here is the second part of his record of service.

[Rena]

Here is the second part of his record of service.

Now that you have posted three times I can send you a PM (Personal Message) When you receive the email notification from Rootschat click on the link and it will take you directly to your message inbox.

Regards,
Rena

[Rena]

Here is the second part of his record of service.

Thank you - this is the record that I obtained.

For your information

William Septimus Ward married Jennie Cowell in Sunderland during the 1st Quarter of 1920
He was the managing director of Ward's Paints Limited, of Sunderland, this was the company which his father had set up in 1878.  The family had a farm in the southern English county of Suffolk, which is where Wm Ward senior (Patentee of waterproof paint) had been born.

Wm Septimus Ward had an early death in November 1945 aged 51.

I do have a photo of Wm S. Ward and his wife Jennie Cowell which was taken on a yacht owned by Thomas Lipton (tea grower and producer of Lipton Tea).  I'm presuming they were guests on board due to Ward's waterproof paint being used on the hull of the yacht.

[genjen]

My ANZACS:

Brothers, all born in Scotland, all merchant sailors who emigrated to Australia just before WW1.

James Shaw Howe - born May 1890 Nairn - died 7th October 1917. Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, near Poperinge, Flanders.

Robert Howe - born 1892, Nairn. Survived but lost an arm. Returned to Australia, where he apparently became a successful( and quite high up) civil servant. I'd like to know more about this. Died 1939, Parkville, Australia. One daughter, Betty, that I know of but I can't find a wife!

Frederick Arthur Howe, born 1895, Aberdeen. He returned to Australia after the war but was, according to correspondence from Robert, "Never right in the head". I can only assume that meant he was suffering from shell-shock. He died 1932, Daylesford.

Jen

[c more]

My Anzacs

TWIN BROTHERS
Pte. Charles Ernest NATT 1197
Joined 18 Sept 1914
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914 Wounded 2 MAY 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula (GSW R thigh).
He returned to Australia and was discharged 3 FEB 1916. Amazingly he Re Attested 28 OCT 1916 and was tragically killed in France the 13 SEP1918, aprox 8 weeks before the war ended.
Burial Jeancourt Communal Cemetery

Pte. William George NATT 1198
Joined 18 Sept 1914
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914. Wounded in action, 10 August 1915 (gun shot wound, upper extremities; admitted to HS 'Georgian', 11 August 1915; transferred from Lemnos to England, 14 August 1915, and admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, 23 August 1915 (gun shot wound and pneumonia).
Commenced return to Australia from Portland on board HT 'Runic', 7 November 1915 (gun shot wound, leg and arm; pneumonia); discharged (medically unfit), 3 March 1916.
Died 08 MAY 1971 in Sebastopol, Victoria

YOUNGER BROTHER
Lance Corporal Roy NATT 3427
Joined  22 July 1915
Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915
Fate Returned to Australia: 13 April 1919
Died 22 SEP 1975 South Australia

Lest We Forget
Leonie