paulowen Posted 7 September , 2013 Share Posted 7 September , 2013 Hi all, I've just finished reading EPF Lynch's 'Somme Mud'. Recommended by the way. I thought I'd have a look at his Australian service records, which unlike British records are properly scanned, freely available and not half burnt, but can't find them. I know from Amazon reviews that other people have found them but I can't seem to track the man down! Has anyone here got a link to them? The search engine only lets me search on surnames but as there're only 400 or so Lynchs I thought I'd be able to narrow it down. Grateful for any help. Cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B Posted 7 September , 2013 Share Posted 7 September , 2013 Paul, at the moment the Aust National Archives site is not responding to my requests but if you search for E F Lynch you may have better luck. He was a member of the 45th battalion and his service number 2207. Agree about the book, the follow up In the footsteps of Private Lynch is also a very good read. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 8 September , 2013 Share Posted 8 September , 2013 Yep agree - still one of the best books I've read. The link to his service record: http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8211396 Cheers, Frev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B Posted 8 September , 2013 Share Posted 8 September , 2013 Thanks Frev, I couldn't get the link from NA to behave this morning, maybe they were out celebrating the election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tstewa Posted 8 September , 2013 Share Posted 8 September , 2013 Another way is through: http://mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au Its not as easy to find someone but it does come up with the Service Records as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulowen Posted 9 September , 2013 Author Share Posted 9 September , 2013 Got it now; looks like I was led astray by the P in the title! Thanks for all the replies. : http://mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au is a new one on me, which I'll be investigating as I've recently been told about one, or possibly two great uncles, who emigrated and joined up. A bit more work required yet though viz a viz full names, ages etc Thanks again Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 9 September , 2013 Admin Share Posted 9 September , 2013 Glad you found it, you will see his service record bears scant resemblance to his fictional account. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pighills Posted 9 September , 2013 Share Posted 9 September , 2013 We used to have a thread going called Who Has It Now, started by our great pal Kevin O'Neil in which this book was passed from pal to pal on the GWF. I was lucky enough to receive the book and read it, passing it on to the next recipient when I'd finished. It was a really good book and I throughly enjoyed reaing it. I believe there's also a follow up book, but I can't for the life of me remember the title of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rksimpson Posted 9 September , 2013 Share Posted 9 September , 2013 Kim It is mentioned above! regards Robert PS The original book is a great read, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Yet to read the follow up one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pighills Posted 9 September , 2013 Share Posted 9 September , 2013 See, read it to quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulowen Posted 11 September , 2013 Author Share Posted 11 September , 2013 It did seem a bit fictionalised; I wasn't going to say anything because it's still a good read. To be fair, he did give the protagonist a pseudonym so perhaps he was trying to be honest. All the same, I think that any good anecdote that he heard was considered too good to waste and it all went into the book. Not complaining mind! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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