Blackblue Posted 8 March , 2011 Share Posted 8 March , 2011 Great idea! http://www.adoptadigger.org/ Rgds Tim D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ander11 Posted 8 March , 2011 Share Posted 8 March , 2011 Hello Tim I will agree with you, I think all countries in the war should do the same !!! . best regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan_NW Posted 8 March , 2011 Share Posted 8 March , 2011 I think it's a very nice idea. I signed up a couple of days ago hence the photo request I have made on the photo-wants subforum. I chose a young Digger by the name of Roy Finney who was KIA on 5 September 1916. I'm currently trying to track down a photo of him in Australia with the intention of leaving it at his grave as a tribute. I posted a message on the Queensland rootsweb list late last night and I have been overwhelmed by the offers of help and good wishes. If I can track down a family member of his who is interested then I will gladly hand the web page over to them to maintain. Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan_NW Posted 8 March , 2011 Share Posted 8 March , 2011 I think all countries in the war should do the same !!! I agree. I think something like this could be very popular. However, one thing I would change is that each name allocated would be randomly generated once the branch of the services had been selected i.e Army, Navy or RAF. I would think that most people in the UK would quite naturally either look up their relatives or someone with the same surname first. I can imagine the amount of mail the website administrator would receive along the lines of 'who is this who has picked my Great Grandfather/Uncle? etc..' The BBC, in the run up to the 90th anniversary of the Armistice did something similar by a series of text messages and I thought it was a really interesting exercise and an encouragement to delve further into the service history of the man allocated. Perhaps this would be a good site to aim at school children? it could only help in understanding the internet as a research tool and get more kids into libraries. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarke Posted 8 March , 2011 Share Posted 8 March , 2011 What a great idea! I have a class of 30 students in Northern Queensland who can be involved. A great task indeed. Cheers Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 8 March , 2011 Author Share Posted 8 March , 2011 Well this proved a worthwhile project for me....I chose a man with the same surname as another family member who served....only to find out that he was actually my man's brother! I missed him as I thought it was extremely unlikely that a Queenslander would have been a member of the 20th Battalion. 6839 PTE Benjamin Tesch. Rgds Tim D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandy hall Posted 8 March , 2011 Share Posted 8 March , 2011 Adopt a digger has a mention on this thread see post 60. Chrissy joined this month and is involved with this project. http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=158312&st=50 Thread name - Centennial Anniversary 2014 This town's intentions Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madgarry Posted 8 March , 2011 Share Posted 8 March , 2011 Just adopted mine Charles Cephus Coley,my fourth cousin twice removed,cant see him on the site even though ive submitted it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 9 August , 2013 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2013 Finally found a photo! 6839 PTE Benjamin Tesch, 20th Battalion, AIF. Now...can any of you photo whiz types remove the pencil marks? Rgds Tim D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelsjbl Posted 9 August , 2013 Share Posted 9 August , 2013 Tim It is a fairly easy straightforward task to clean up that photo but if you want it done properly it is better if there is a higher resolution version to work with. That will print better! If no-one gets in before me, just PM me and I will send you my email to send the original file to. Cheers Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelsjbl Posted 9 August , 2013 Share Posted 9 August , 2013 Here is a quick 5 minute clean up. See previous post for more info Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 9 August , 2013 Share Posted 9 August , 2013 Here is a quick 5 minute clean up. See previous post for more info Brian Wow. That is impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 9 August , 2013 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2013 Thats fine Brian. All I am after. Many Thanks Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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