Lee Bradbury Posted 21 July , 2018 Share Posted 21 July , 2018 I’ve had this postcard for a while & thought I’d share it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 21 July , 2018 Share Posted 21 July , 2018 Bible's were well known to be bullet magnets throughout the Great War if the story's in the press at the time can believed dozens of lives were saved by bibles stopping bullets Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 21 July , 2018 Share Posted 21 July , 2018 Out of interest , who was he - ie what was his full name I cannot see a MIC or any other information on him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph2000 Posted 21 July , 2018 Share Posted 21 July , 2018 4 minutes ago, corisande said: Out of interest , who was he - ie what was his full name I cannot see a MIC or any other information on him? This looks like a good fit - William Thomas Randolph Hall, 4434 Australian Imperial Force - https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/7332323 Great postcard, by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Bradbury Posted 21 July , 2018 Author Share Posted 21 July , 2018 37 minutes ago, Triumph2000 said: This looks like a good fit - William Thomas Randolph Hall, 4434 Australian Imperial Force - https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/7332323 Great postcard, by the way! Thanks for that info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 21 July , 2018 Share Posted 21 July , 2018 That must be him, I had not realised that he was Australian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 21 July , 2018 Share Posted 21 July , 2018 And here is his story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 21 July , 2018 Share Posted 21 July , 2018 And there is a very full tree on Ancestry - click He died 1973 aged 80 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Bradbury Posted 21 July , 2018 Author Share Posted 21 July , 2018 1 hour ago, corisande said: And here is his story Thank you very much, amazing story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGong Posted 22 July , 2018 Share Posted 22 July , 2018 His photo and description from AWM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Bradbury Posted 22 July , 2018 Author Share Posted 22 July , 2018 1 hour ago, ForeignGong said: His photo and description from AWM Interesting that he states he lost an eye when a shell exploded whilst the AWM state ‘gun shot wound to the left leg’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinBattle Posted 22 July , 2018 Share Posted 22 July , 2018 .. and what stripes is that Private wearing, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 22 July , 2018 Share Posted 22 July , 2018 The Australian Nat Archives are a bit iffy at the moment, but they have online 33 pages of his service record https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3008267 or go back to first principles and start at http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/defence/service-records/army-wwi.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Bradbury Posted 22 July , 2018 Author Share Posted 22 July , 2018 Thanks Corisande. I’ve never looked at the Australian research before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Bradbury Posted 26 July , 2018 Author Share Posted 26 July , 2018 On 22/07/2018 at 12:18, corisande said: The Australian Nat Archives are a bit iffy at the moment, but they have online 33 pages of his service record https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3008267 or go back to first principles and start at http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/defence/service-records/army-wwi.aspx An interesting read. What caught my attention was his permission to marry form which had his new wife’s home address in Southall (I bought the card as it mentioned Southall on the back & that’s where my family come from). The road she lived in runs parallel with road my Gt. Grandparents lived, my Gt. Grandfather was in the RAMC in the war before being medically discharged in 1917. His name was George William Dean....& one of the two names on that wedding form, which I presume are the Witnesses, is George W. Dean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 26 July , 2018 Share Posted 26 July , 2018 If you can track down the original marriage cert, then it will have the original signature of that George W Dean, which you could compare with the signature of your Gt Grandfather (assuming you have it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Bradbury Posted 27 July , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 July , 2018 On 26/07/2018 at 17:30, corisande said: If you can track down the original marriage cert, then it will have the original signature of that George W Dean, which you could compare with the signature of your Gt Grandfather (assuming you have it) Yes, we have his signature, I’ll get onto that; once again, Thank You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierssc Posted 27 July , 2018 Share Posted 27 July , 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Bradbury Posted 31 July , 2022 Author Share Posted 31 July , 2022 On 27/07/2018 at 21:27, Lee Bradbury said: Yes, we have his signature, I’ll get onto that; once again, Thank You. I’ve checked signatures & that is his writing on the military wedding certificate, can’t believe a random purchase had a family connection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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