Pte Norbert L Smyth C Company 11th Battalion A.I.F

[micks]

Hi all

I,m assisting a close friend reconstruct the events which led to the death of her great uncle

at Meteren on the 24th April 1918.

Although the war diaries of the other battalions of the 3rd Brigade for that morning are detailed

the eleventh unfortunately contains little.

Red cross reports and the official history give some additional information regarding the attack

but the position of C company is somewhat confusing as the remainder of the battalion went into

reserve late on the 23rd.

Does anybody know if Legs Eleven or Fremantle to France contains any information which may

resolve this ?

Any help would be appreciated

Mick

[devonmaid]

Mick

Im sorry i can't help with any details leading up to the death of Pte. Norbert Leo Smyth No 6815. Although he has quite a detailed service history on the Australia National Archives site ( 64 pages!) there are no clues really as to the events of that day. I'm sure someone else will come up with some more information for you....maybe from a war diary etc

Ellie

[micks]

Ellie

Thanks for your response.

I,ve gone through all the records which are on line relating to the 11th Battalion

and the six men of C company who were killed that night.

Although there is some information in the Service Record of Pte Shields it

unfortunately does,nt help much until I locate the jumping off point for those

who took part in the attack .

Mick