Service Record Interpretation

[Cherry]

Hi everyone,

If anyone could decipher this for me I'd be extremely grateful. As written on his service record;

21/4/17 Adm 3 #Con Sty Hosp Doullens HA.8798 Yes

5/5/17 Trans to Base Boulogne " " 9306 Yes

7/5/17 Adm 51 G.H. Etaples HA.9314 No

5/6/17 Dis to Base DHs V.D.G. HA.10272 N0

6/8/17 Adm to 7 Con Sty.H. Arques HA.12604 No

19/8/17 Adm to 7 Con Dep: Boulogne HA.13171 No

14/9/17 Adm to 13 Con Dep Trouville HA. 14030

30/10/17 Dis to Rein: St Omer HA.15787 No

6/11/17 Adm. 24 G.H. Etaples HA.16049 Yes

12/11/17 Adm. 2 Mil Hosp Old Park Canterbury HB.88?8 No

18/12/17 Furlo. to 28/12.17

Rejoined R.D.

# Con could be Can?

Parts are understandable but I don't get the full picture. Was he with a certain squadron? How do I work out his squadron & what he did? Moves round a bit & in hospital a few times?

If someone could shed some light on this; terrific.

Thanks,

Cherryboy.

[Piorun]

Hi everyone,

If anyone could decipher this for me I'd be extremely grateful. As written on his service record;

21/4/17 Adm 3 #Con Sty Hosp Doullens HA.8798 Yes

5/5/17 Trans to Base Boulogne " " 9306 Yes

7/5/17 Adm 51 G.H. Etaples HA.9314 No

5/6/17 Dis to Base DHs V.D.G. HA.10272 N0

6/8/17 Adm to 7 Con Sty.H. Arques HA.12604 No

19/8/17 Adm to 7 Con Dep: Boulogne HA.13171 No

14/9/17 Adm to 13 Con Dep Trouville HA. 14030

30/10/17 Dis to Rein: St Omer HA.15787 No

6/11/17 Adm. 24 G.H. Etaples HA.16049 Yes

12/11/17 Adm. 2 Mil Hosp Old Park Canterbury HB.88?8 No

18/12/17 Furlo. to 28/12.17

Rejoined R.D.

# Con could be Can?

Parts are understandable but I don't get the full picture. Was he with a certain squadron? How do I work out his squadron & what he did? Moves round a bit & in hospital a few times?

If someone could shed some light on this; terrific.

Thanks,

Cherryboy.

Post his name and number and any pics of MIC etc and I'll try to help. Trying to interpret an interpretation isn't best forensic practice Antony

[Stebie9173]

I don't know what the HA->Number->Yes/No refer to I'm afraid, but the rest:

21/4/17 Admitted to No. 3 Canadian Staionary Hospital, Doullens

5/5/17 Transferred to Base at Boulogne

7/5/17 Admitted to No. 51 General Hospital at Etaples

5/6/17 Discharged to Base DHs (???) V.D.G. (usual translation is Venereal Disease, Gonorrhoea - VDH was valvular disease of the heart)

6/8/17 Admitted to No. 7 Canadian Stationary Hospital at Arques

19/8/17 Admitted to No. 7 Convalescent Depot at Boulogne

14/9/17 Adm to No. 13 Convalescent Depot at Trouville

30/10/17 Discharged to Reinforcement Base at St Omer

6/11/17 Admitted to No. 24 General Hospital at Etaples

12/11/17 Admitted to No. 2 Military Hospital at Old Park Canterbury

18/12/17 Furlough (home leave) to 28/12/17

Rejoined Reinforcement Depot.

Steve.

[Piorun]

I believe that HA refers to information taken from or put on to Army Form "HA" and the number. Hospital Form A.

Base DH - Base Divisional Hospital?

RD - Regimental Duty or Regular Duty - although Chris Baker has posited that, in the RFC, it stood for Reserve Depot.

Yours, Antony

[Cherry]

Thanks Antony & Steve,

Gives me a better understanding of what happened. Seems to not have done much in France apart from getting V.D. & being in hospital for the whole 7 months,(practically).

His name (as Steve knows), was George McCallum Cherry, service no 23922. There's no MIC card so I can't post it. Tried to post his RFC record but couldn't work out how to do it.

He was a pilot, but I can't work out what his squadron/s were, assuming he was attached to one/several, or whether he flew, or picked pumpkins. Pumpkins looks like the go.

Bit disappointing; guess they can't all be heroes; got to be some rogues!.

Thanks anyway fellas,

Regards,

Cherryboy.

[Stebie9173]

If you e-mail me by my Forum profile, I'll e-mail you back and you can send the Service Record and I'll have a look at it. This seems to be a different section to his actual Squadron postings.

Steve.

[Piorun]

Steve, with Cherryboy's permission, do let me know (PM) what you find. There shd be more info on postings. The records quoted seem to be from medical records only. Yours, antony

[Cherry]

Hi Antony,

You have my permission; not a problem. The more help the better.

Thanks again,

Cherryboy.

[Stebie9173]

The postings part of the form is on a different part of the sheet I think. I can just see part of the posting section, headed "Movement" with No. 5 Reinforcement Depot probably being his first stop. The rest of the section is cut off. What does it say there?

Steve.

[Cherry]

Hi Steve,

Sent you another email with hopefully the part required.

Brian.

Just in case;

* At the end of his 7 months in France it says;

Rejoined RD, then to 5 RD (departing authority-RDO 9); 10/4/18.

then 5 RD to Sch.Inst.Henley (departing authority-5 RD of 30?); 26/10/18.

[kjharris]

I understand that No. 51 General Hospital at Etaples was a specialist venereal disease hospital for allied troops. Must have had a bad dose...