Alias names in the war

[The Scorer]

I've just had this message (part of the latest "Trench Lines" e-newsletter) from the WFA:

 

"In this edition of Trench Lines we are excited to reveal a major new project. We hope many members of The Western Front Association will wish to become involved with this initiative.This project - when completed - will massively enhance the ability to identify and find men who served using an alias. Initial work has suggested the number of men who served in the army using pseudonyms is vastly underestimated and largely unknown.It is intended to tackle this by using the expertise of WFA members."

"Below are a handful images showing Pension cards of men who served in the army using a name different to their real name. Not all of these men can be found using normal 'search' techniques."

 

It then asks for members to volunteer to help with this project by replying to the message or by clicking on a box. 

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1 hour ago, The Scorer said:

I've just had this message (part of the latest "Trench Lines" e-newsletter) from the WFA:

 

"In this edition of Trench Lines we are excited to reveal a major new project. We hope many members of The Western Front Association will wish to become involved with this initiative.This project - when completed - will massively enhance the ability to identify and find men who served using an alias. Initial work has suggested the number of men who served in the army using pseudonyms is vastly underestimated and largely unknown.It is intended to tackle this by using the expertise of WFA members."

"Below are a handful images showing Pension cards of men who served in the army using a name different to their real name. Not all of these men can be found using normal 'search' techniques."

 

It then asks for members to volunteer to help with this project by replying to the message or by clicking on a box. 

David has also mentioned it in this thread,

 

 

It should prove to be a very useful project.

 

Craig

[Keith_history_buff]

On 13/03/2014 at 13:33, CGM said:

The Australians serving under an alias can easily be identified as 1335 (or 1336) cases have so far been listed on the AIF PROJECT website.

See HERE
 

 Corrected link below:
https://aif.adfa.edu.au/aliases.html