lexxie Posted 21 June , 2008 Share Posted 21 June , 2008 Hi Can anyone tell me what the Adjutant Generals Base actually was? & was it on the front line or directing operations at the rear? Thanks Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathie Posted 4 July , 2008 Share Posted 4 July , 2008 Mark, Im no great expert on the SAI but have been resarching soldiers who served in 1st, 2nd, 4th on the wEstern Front and in the ?? in East AFrica. Im a bit at a loss as to what you mean in your question - can you give greater detail and maybe I can help. I have the usual books and can look up if you dont have them. Kathie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 4 July , 2008 Share Posted 4 July , 2008 Hello Mark The Adjutant-General's Office at the Base (sometimes known as GHQ 3rd Echelon) was located at one of the bases on the Lines of Communication (the back areas). That for France was at Rouen throughout the war. Its duties comprised all the centralised record-keeping for personnel matters in the relevant theatre: weekly strength returns, casualties, reinforcements and other postings, promotions and disciplinary records. Men posted permanently to this "unit" would be clerical staff - usually one orderly-room sergeant per infantry battalion and similar proportions for other arms. Normally, each dominion or colony represented in the force had its own sub-section within the AGs Office, so there would have been a South African section at Rouen and at the base in East Africa. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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