rarpos Posted 21 May , 2009 Share Posted 21 May , 2009 Just a reminder that I am happy to look up information for others in relation to WW1 Australian. Thanks, Good Morning, I have an interest in the Australian forces in WW1, and hold the following battalion histories. 1st Batt. 2nd Batt 3rd Batt 4th Batt 5th Batt 6th Batt 7th Batt 8th Batt 9th Batt 10th Batt 11th Batt 12th Batt. 13th Batt 14th Batt. 15th Batt 16th Batt 17th Batt 19th Batt 21st Batt 22nd Batt. 23rd Batt 24th Batt 25th Batt 27th Batt 28th Batt 29th Batt 30th Batt 31st Batt 32nd Batt 33rd Batt. 37th Batt 38th Batt 39th Batt 40th Batt 41st Batt 42nd Batt 43rd Batt 44th Batt 45th Batt 46th Batt 47th Batt 48th Batt 49th Batt 50th Batt 51st Batt 52nd Batt 53rd Batt 54th Batt 57/60th Batts. I also possess a large number of other reference books relative to this subject. I am happy to assist people with information from these sources. I can be contacted on rarpos7atyahoo.com Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmi01 Posted 17 September , 2009 Share Posted 17 September , 2009 I just came across a newly published Australian unit history! Leane's Battalion: History of the 48th Battalion A.I.F. by Neville Browning. LEANE’S BATTALION is the History of the 48th Battalion A.I.F. in World War 1, from its formation in Egypt in 1916 to its war service on the Western Front. LEANE’S BATTALION is a hard covered, cloth-bound, 480-page, B5 volume with a dust-wrapper, containing 285 photographs and maps, as well as hundreds of eye-witness reports from contemporary diaries, letters, reports and journals of 48th Battalion men. Most of the photographs, journals and diaries are from private sources across Australia and therefore never published. The volume includes daily descriptions of life and death on the Western Front amidst battles such as Pozieres, Bullecourt, Messines, Passchendaele, Dernancourt, Monument Wood, Amiens and the Hindenburg Line. Appendices include Nominal Roll, Honour Roll, Awards and Citations, Nominal Index and POW Roll. Nominal Roll included Looks like copies are obtainable from here. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rksimpson Posted 21 September , 2009 Share Posted 21 September , 2009 Hi I am wondering if anyone can help I have records of 5270 Private Charles Hill Flanders 31st Battalion,8th Australian Brigade, 5th Australian Division who was gassed on 29 or 30/09/18 and died at Rouen Hospital on 3/10. Is it possible to place the area where he was gassed and how? Was it shells or released from tanks? It was Phosgene gas which is not nice and explains why he took a few days to die. It would be good to place where he was on a map of the time. any help appreciated thanks Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 21 September , 2009 Share Posted 21 September , 2009 Hi Robert Have you checked the Battalion War Diary for those days? http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/war_diari...sp?levelID=1811 Cheers, Frev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rksimpson Posted 22 September , 2009 Share Posted 22 September , 2009 Hi frev thanks for your reply now I have a heap to trawl through will see what I can find out regards Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 23 September , 2009 Share Posted 23 September , 2009 I'm looking for all help I can get on an Aberfeldy man who was KIA between 7-14th Aug 1915 Lone Pine. I have his service record, Bn Diary, and Bgde Diary. On another thread, a pal mentioned that it might be worthwhile looking in the relevant Artillery unit Diary. Trouble is am not sure which unit to look up. I found the order of battle, which says, the 1st Division Artillery units were 1st Field Artillery Bgde, 1,2, and 3 Batteries, and 1st Bgde Ammunition Column, would that be the correct units to look for? Also, does anyone know, where I might find a copy, of Nulli Secundus a History of the 2nd AIF? Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 24 September , 2009 Share Posted 24 September , 2009 Hi Mike According to p.121 of Nulli Secundus "The Second's front was covered by the New Zealand guns emplaced behind Walker's Ridge, ......." I've had a quick scan (no index), and there unfortunately isn't any mention of your man Crerar - but you'd probably still find the coverage of the Lone Pine battle very interesting.....so you can get hold of a copy of a Burridge reprint, from John himself, here: http://www.jbma.com.au/reference-books/default.aspx Cheers, Frev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 24 September , 2009 Share Posted 24 September , 2009 Good lad Frev, thanks for all your help. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armidale Posted 24 September , 2009 Share Posted 24 September , 2009 Hi Mike I've had a quick scan (no index), and there unfortunately isn't any mention of your man Crerar - Cheers, Frev Was his inital K? perhaps here sonny! with emphasis on the opening line. http://www.menziesera.com/singalong/que_sera_sera.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rksimpson Posted 5 October , 2009 Share Posted 5 October , 2009 Hi Frev Have you checked the Battalion War Diary for those days? http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/war_diari...sp?levelID= I have had a look through them but not very helpful. No mention of casualties until end of month , and then because he died in October would he be listed then? Also no mention of gas let his records state it was phosgene gas, so do we presume it was from a shell and it either hit near him and he did not get gas mask on intime, or he jumped into shell hole or trench which was filled with it?? Also it would be nice to know the exact place where he was so how do I find a map that will show it from these records? thanks for your help regards Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rksimpson Posted 13 October , 2009 Share Posted 13 October , 2009 Hi everyone also had a thought, are there any hospital records For the above soldier, would they document where he went from the front to the hospital at Rouen where he died? thanks Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casa Posted 13 October , 2009 Share Posted 13 October , 2009 I am just new to the Great War Forum but have been researching my grandfathers experiences during WW1 for several years now, and have been fortunate to have had the wonderful experience of tramping over the French and Belguim battlefields in the company of Tom Morgan on several occassions. My grandfather, H.G. Black 1502, joined the AIF in 1915, 23rd Battalion and then 6th Machine Gun Company, and saw frontline service in Gallipoli, France and Belgium. He was injured in a bathing accident in a "chateau near Montigny" on April 15, 1918 and spent the rest of the war recuperating from a broken pelvis in England. Anyway, I am most interested in hearing from anyone who has any interest in the 6th Machine Gun Company. My grandfather kept diaries during his years of service and I am happy to share any information that may be useful to anyone else. I already have copies of "In Good Company" and find "Forward Undeterred" (23rd Battalion) a useful resource. In addition I am interested in any information on the other men who were injured in the "Battle of the Bath" . Ptes E.J. Burtonclay (4453), G Malcolm, (1928) A.E. Nicholson, C.J. Warner, (611) W. Greening and J.R. Palmer(3987), Lance Corporal A.V. Caldwell(5307) The Official War Records of C J Warner were the only records which reported the incident. Looking forward to the being part of the sharing of information on GWF. Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdeayton Posted 25 January , 2010 Share Posted 25 January , 2010 Hi Andrew Just letting you know that the history of the 47th Battalion (Decision at Dernancourt: The History of the 47th Battalion in the First World War) will be published this year as part of the Army History Series with the AHU. I don't have a final date just yet but I'll post that when I do. Craig Deayton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted 1 February , 2010 Author Share Posted 1 February , 2010 Thanks for the update Craig. I will look forward to seeing it when it gets released. Cheers Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rksimpson Posted 1 February , 2010 Share Posted 1 February , 2010 Hi Replying to Casa Have you looked at all their service records - I found this in A Caldwell's http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp It does mention "Battle of the Bath" !!!- also in a few other pages- he also won a MM and got his stripe taken off him regards Robert Looks like that link wont work so try this - http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/ItemDetail...mp;NS=Y&T=1 and go to page 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 7 October , 2010 Share Posted 7 October , 2010 Here is the complete material. Borden Battery Records of C.E.W. Bean - Records of C.E.W. Bean, Official Historian Charles Edward Woodrow Bean was Australia’s official war correspondent during the First World War and was later appointed official historian for that conflict. The personal records created by Bean in the course of those appointments now form part of the official records series: AWM38 Official History, 1914–18 War: Records of C.E.W. Bean, Official Historian. The Memorial has digitized 286 volumes of diaries, notebooks, and folders kept by Bean during and after the war and used by him to write the official history of the First World War. [CEF Study Group - Sept 2010] http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/war_diaries/cew_bean/ First World War Official Histories The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 is a 12-volume series covering Australia’s involvement in the First World War. The series was edited by the official historian Charles Bean, who also wrote six of the volumes, and was published between 1920 and 1942. The books, with their familiar covers, “the colour of dried blood” in the words of one reviewer, rapidly became highly regarded internationally. Bean’s work established the tradition and set the standard for all subsequent Australian official war histories. [CEF Study Group - Sept 2010] http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/first_world_war/ The following volumes can be accessed directly by double-clicking the item of interest: • Preface by Professor Robert O’Neill This preface was written for the University of Queensland Press editions and are applicable to all volumes. • Volume I – The Story of ANZAC from the outbreak of war to the end of the first phase of the Gallipoli Campaign, May 4, 1915 (11th edition, 1941) • Volume II – The Story of ANZAC from 4 May, 1915, to the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula (11th edition, 1941) • Volume III – The Australian Imperial Force in France, 1916 (12th edition, 1941) • Volume IV – The Australian Imperial Force in France, 1917 (11th edition, 1941) • Volume V – The Australian Imperial Force in France during the Main German Offensive, 1918 (8th edition, 1941) • Volume VI – The Australian Imperial Force in France during the Allied Offensive, 1918 (1st edition, 1942) • Volume VII – The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine, 1914–1918 (10th edition, 1941) • Volume VIII – The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War, 1914–1918 (11th edition, 1941) • Volume IX – The Royal Australian Navy, 1914–1918 (9th edition, 1941) • Volume X – The Australians at Rabaul. The Capture and Administration of the German Possessions in the Southern Pacific (10th edition, 1941) • Volume XI – Australia During the War (7th edition, 1941) • Volume XII – Photographic record of the war Note: the above volumes have live hyperlinks in the text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosegirdle Posted 21 October , 2010 Share Posted 21 October , 2010 Has anyone reviewed: Platoon Commander's Notebook - 9 Platoon Coy 3rd Battalion by CA Young, AMHP, 2008 Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koyli Posted 28 October , 2010 Share Posted 28 October , 2010 Hi, 1) I'm looking for information for the 10th Bn AIF. The Bn made a raid on Celtic wood on 09/10/17. I would like to know what the history has to say about the raid and the consequences.of that same raid. 2) For anyone that has the 34th Bn hsitory. Would it be possible to see if : Urban Parr or William Barry are mentioned in the nominal roll. It concerns one and the same person who served under a alias. Regards, Lawry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted 27 November , 2010 Author Share Posted 27 November , 2010 Lawry, a member of the forum is doing a history of the Celtic Wood raid, not sure of the status of publication but I did hear it was finished. The 34th Battalion history is only a slim volume, my copy is loaned out at the moment but hopefully someone else can assist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmi01 Posted 24 January , 2011 Share Posted 24 January , 2011 Lawry, a member of the forum is doing a history of the Celtic Wood raid, not sure of the status of publication but I did hear it was finished. The 34th Battalion history is only a slim volume, my copy is loaned out at the moment but hopefully someone else can assist. Affordable copies of the 34th Battalion unit history book are available here: 34th Battalion unit history reprint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmi01 Posted 1 February , 2011 Share Posted 1 February , 2011 Looks like two more new unit histories will be out very soon. Battle Scarred: The 47th Battalion in the First World War by Craig Deayton and The Fighting Nineteenth - History of the 19th Battalion AIF 1915 - 1918 by Wayne Mathews and David Wilson. The 19th Battalion book is only a couple of weeks away and the 47th Battalion one should be available in March/April. Exciting stuff as these are the first two books ever written about these units. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighc Posted 2 February , 2011 Share Posted 2 February , 2011 Has anyone heard any rumours of a history of the 31st Bn AIF? Crossed Boomerangs by Bob Burla was published posthumously by his widow in 1995 but it covers the history of the 31st and its successor units over the last century and the Western Front section is pretty light on for details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmi01 Posted 7 February , 2011 Share Posted 7 February , 2011 Has anyone heard any rumours of a history of the 31st Bn AIF? Crossed Boomerangs by Bob Burla was published posthumously by his widow in 1995 but it covers the history of the 31st and its successor units over the last century and the Western Front section is pretty light on for details. It's not a rumour. I can confirm that it's being written. Possibly out later this year or in 2012. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighc Posted 7 February , 2011 Share Posted 7 February , 2011 It's not a rumour. I can confirm that it's being written. Possibly out later this year or in 2012. Mick Thanks Mick Do you know who the author is? cheers Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmi01 Posted 8 February , 2011 Share Posted 8 February , 2011 Yep - Neville Browning is working on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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