Auimfo Posted 14 October , 2013 Share Posted 14 October , 2013 A couple of others..... 21st Battalion "Writing is Not Much But Words Are a Lot" - The Diary of Bert Stevens June 1915 to March 1917. Marden Hill Press, 2002 5th Battalion "Dear Mother" - The letters of 451 Private William Dunn By Tom Austen St George Books, 1990 And I can't recall seeing this one listed here (although I may have missed it) 30th Battalion "There and Back" By A. Tiveychoc (aka Rowland Lording) RSSILA, 1935 Cheers, Tim L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobweb Posted 18 March , 2016 Share Posted 18 March , 2016 I am trying to locate "There and Back" by A Tiveychoc/Rowland Lording. According to a friend and Projectt Gutenberg Australia, it's now in the Publuc Domain. They don't have a copy of it to scan and post so I thought I'd ask here for help in tracking down the book. I would then forward it to Gutenberg. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddell Posted 18 March , 2016 Author Share Posted 18 March , 2016 That is a rare book Cobweb. Copies exist at the war memorial and several libraries. If you are after a copy it might be easier to view a library copy and photograph the pages you need. Copies available shown here- http://www.worldcat.org/title/there-and-back-the-story-of-an-australian-soldier-1915-1935/oclc/6048568 Try Regimental books or Biblioz, even Ebay and be patient. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 18 March , 2016 Share Posted 18 March , 2016 There are 2 copies available on ABE at £136 each. I bought mine, jacketed & signed, a few years ago from the same source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobweb Posted 4 April , 2016 Share Posted 4 April , 2016 I am trying to locate "There and Back" by A Tiveychoc/Rowland Lording. According to a friend and Projectt Gutenberg Australia, it's now in the Publuc Domain. They don't have a copy of it to scan and post so I thought I'd ask here for help in tracking down the book. I would then forward it to Gutenberg. Any ideas? Thank you for responding to my post about "There and Back." My friend at Gutenberg Australia found it and has posted the full text of the book on their site! It's an excellent book by an extraordinary man.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 4 April , 2016 Share Posted 4 April , 2016 I thought it might be worth repeating here the link to the following auction - probably the best collection of AIF memoirs I've seen in a long time.http://www.invaluable.com/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&catalogRef=09GB27SLYF&shw=200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddell Posted 4 April , 2016 Author Share Posted 4 April , 2016 Wow Cobweb. Thank your friend for that. http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600501h.html Quite a few WW1 books- http://gutenberg.net.au/first-world-war.html Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkalotloudly Posted 5 April , 2016 Share Posted 5 April , 2016 I thought it might be worth repeating here the link to the following auction - probably the best collection of AIF memoirs I've seen in a long time.http://www.invaluable.com/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&catalogRef=09GB27SLYF&shw=200 many very overpriced AND a 23% buyers premium, no thanks plenty of better priced scarce books to be had elsewhere {very few bids made at present} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 5 April , 2016 Share Posted 5 April , 2016 many very overpriced AND a 23% buyers premium, no thanks plenty of better priced scarce books to be had elsewhere {very few bids made at present}I'm always surprised how expensive Aussie memoirs can be. I still think it's a pretty impressive collection though. It seems the original owner bought many of them in London - shouldn't be allowed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobweb Posted 6 April , 2016 Share Posted 6 April , 2016 Wow Cobweb. Thank your friend for that. http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600501h.html Quite a few WW1 books- http://gutenberg.net.au/first-world-war.html Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobweb Posted 6 April , 2016 Share Posted 6 April , 2016 I will definetly thank my friend for posting "There and Back"! I never expected such a quick response to my request for a book. They're good people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkalotloudly Posted 6 April , 2016 Share Posted 6 April , 2016 I'm always surprised how expensive Aussie memoirs can be. I still think it's a pretty impressive collection though. It seems the original owner bought many of them in London - shouldn't be allowed! i am very interested to see where this all ends up {i agree some very nice books} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 22 March , 2020 Share Posted 22 March , 2020 On 06/06/2011 at 06:07, frev said: In all those lines the diary of Sister Elsie Tranter 1916 1919 Edited by J.M. Gillings & J. Richards, Self published 2008 Hi all, just hijacking this thread if I may … Does anyone, per chance, have a copy of this diary and may copy me the page where Elsie refers to her attending the funeral of Matron Dawson; from HMHS SALTA, who washed ashore in Etaples??? Vivien Newman refers to this in her book "We also served", but without a reference (no note and diary is not mentionned in bibliography either) and I'd rather like to use originial references and quotes… The diary entry is also not to be found among those quoted on the "Through These Lines" website. Thank you, Marilyne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 24 March , 2020 Share Posted 24 March , 2020 On 23/03/2020 at 00:16, Marilyne said: Hi all, just hijacking this thread if I may … Does anyone, per chance, have a copy of this diary and may copy me the page where Elsie refers to her attending the funeral of Matron Dawson; from HMHS SALTA, who washed ashore in Etaples??? Vivien Newman refers to this in her book "We also served", but without a reference (no note and diary is not mentionned in bibliography either) and I'd rather like to use originial references and quotes… The diary entry is also not to be found among those quoted on the "Through These Lines" website. Thank you, Marilyne No worries Marilyne – copy for you below… In all those lines – the diary of Sister Elsie Tranter 1916-1919 Page 62 28/6/1917: We had to attend the funeral this morning of Sister Dawson. Her body was washed up near our camp. She was on a hospital ship that was torpedoed in the Channel. There were about one hundred sisters and VADs present. The service was at the mortuary, then we all walked to the grave headed by three Kilties playing the bagpipes. The coffin was covered with the Union Jack and flowers. After it was lowered, ‘Last Post’ was sounded by two Jocks and two Tommies. This cemetery is beautifully kept, flowers on each grave; name, number, regiment and date of death of the soldier on a plain wooden cross at the head. Footnote: According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Matron Eveline Dawson QAIMNSR, died on 10 April, 1917, aged 49. Cheers, Frev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 24 March , 2020 Share Posted 24 March , 2020 thanks a lot, Frev!!! Hope you are well, with all the corona-fuss!! Stay safe!! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 24 March , 2020 Share Posted 24 March , 2020 Just another question to Frev... THE specialist on Australian nurses: Elsie served in Doullens at Nb 3 Stationary Hospital, from 28/3 to 25/5 1918. Was it "normal" to lend Australian nurses to the other dominion or British hospitals, or was Elsie part of a scheme to give all hospitals access to enough anesthetists?? Doctors or nurses... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 25 March , 2020 Share Posted 25 March , 2020 Haha Marilyne - I'm definitely not THE specialist on Australian nurses - that would be our guru Kirsty Harris. She is a member of the forum (@kjharris), but doesn't visit much these days (if at all) - so I'll email her a link to your query. Cheers, Frev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjharris Posted 25 March , 2020 Share Posted 25 March , 2020 Greetings Marilyne, (and thanks Frev for the referral) The majority of Australian Army nurses served in British hospitals at some stage of their WW1 experience overseas. In fact, only 800 odd out of 2300 AANS served totally in Australian military hospitals. So not unusual. Elsie's anaesthetics course was run by the Brits hence the postings to British hospitals (as well as Canadian and US) for their training. The Australian Army (AIF) didn't officially have female anaesthetists so there was no precedent to train them at Australian hospitals. I've attached my paper on nurse anaesthetists for your reference. If you have other questions, ask away! cheers Kirsty Giving the dope.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 25 March , 2020 Share Posted 25 March , 2020 Ladies, thank you so much for these answers… I'm going to dive into that article as soon as possible… that'll allow me to finish my chapter on Doullens today!! Stay Safe in these troubled times!! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 3 November , 2021 Share Posted 3 November , 2021 Cross reference to "New book/radio interview: “Edith Blake’s War” Australian nurse QAIMNS" https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/293436-new-bookradio-interview-“edith-blake’s-war”-australian-nurse-qaimns/?tab=comments#comment-3053355 The book mentioned is Edith Blake’s War: The only Australian nurse killed in action during the First World War by Krista Vane-Tempest 2021. Blood in the Mists by Sgt. (later Capt.) John Halpin, 12th L.H. Regt., A.I.F., published 1934 who was a prisoner of the Turks Available online The Big Fight (Gallipoli to the Somme) by Capt. David Fallon 1918 Archive.org. He served with the AIF at Gallipoli , and subsequently became an officer with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He also flew as a military observer ("Chapter XI", page 131), and briefly commanded a tank ("Chapter XII", page 144). A Handful of Ausseys by C. Hampton Thorp, AIF 1919 Archive.org. Part of the series On Active Service. Two-and-a-Half Years a Prisoner of War in Turkey Related by Trooper G.W. Handsley, Second Light Horse Regiment ; written by Sergeant J.R. Foster, 2nd edition c 1920. nla.gov.au My Story of the Great War by Captain O H Woodward [Oliver Holmes], 1st Tunnelling Company AIF. Published Adelaide SA 1932. 1933 title: The War Story of Oliver Holmes Woodward, Captain 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, Australian Imperial Force. A series of 17 extracts from the book appeared weekly in The Recorder Port Pirie, SA, 25 February 1933 to 17 June 1933, with Introductory article and book review both 13 February 1933, same newspaper. trove.nla.gov.au. Includes the firing of Hill 60 mines. Pre war, the author held a senior position in a mining company. Brief Chronology of the 1st Aust Tunnelling Coy, allocated to the Second Army tunnellers.net Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta Posted 5 November , 2021 Share Posted 5 November , 2021 I have read David Fallon's description of being a tank commander. He has stolen the valour of the First Tank Crews There were no tanks in action at Beaumont Hamel on 16 Sep 1916; there is no record of a tank called Razzle Dazzle and the cat called Joffre is otherwise unknown A black kitten, known as Percy, was in action at Martinpuich the previous day with 2Lt Harry Drader and his crew in Daphne. Two tanks were deployed to Beaumont Hamel on 13 Nov, commanded by Lt Bruce and Telfer. Both ditched owing to the poor ground conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntanner Posted 5 November , 2021 Share Posted 5 November , 2021 (edited) Fallon’s book is a farrago. There is no evidence I have been able to find of him having served in any capacity other than as a platoon commander, for a very brief period, in 1/1st Bucks Bn. Edited 5 November , 2021 by johntanner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 6 November , 2021 Share Posted 6 November , 2021 15 hours ago, delta said: I have read David Fallon's description of being a tank commander. He has stolen the valour of the First Tank Crews There were no tanks in action at Beaumont Hamel on 16 Sep 1916; there is no record of a tank called Razzle Dazzle and the cat called Joffre is otherwise unknown 15 hours ago, johntanner said: Fallon’s book is a farrago. There is no evidence I have been able to find of him having served in any capacity other than as a platoon commander, for a very brief period, in 1/1st Bucks Bn. Thank for advising about Fallon and his book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjwmacro Posted 6 November , 2021 Share Posted 6 November , 2021 21 hours ago, delta said: read David Fallon's description of being a tank commander. He has stolen the valour of the First Tank Crews Thanks for highlighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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