The AWM has released some of its items to tour the country for the populace to view you had to apply for the tickets and we were lucky enough to get 2 only thing is you had to be there at a specific time. It all had to do with Australia's entry into the 1st WW which basically started in German New Guinea well before our troops went to Galipolli.
Some of the stuff has not been displayed before and even though it was a small show it was excellent as you had a guided tour by your headphones and could down load additional information to your e mail address.
There was lots to see bit hard using an i-phone with plexi glass but I tried to edit them as best I could.
The suprised look on my wife's face next to the model T is I asked her could I buy a Lewis gun just like the one next to her, yes another dream shattered.......I am afraid.
The unknown soldier tombstone and the Menin Gate painting are very poignant it is a painted copy of the real painting which resides in the AWM. The other is the real deal sadly.
Stuck a pic of an aussie with his Bren just for Peter in case he misses both!!!!
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While researching the WW1 service record of an uncle of my mother I found in his record that he was posted to the Mediterranean during the time of the Gallipoli campaign. This chap served in the British Territorial Army and was on active service for almost the whole of WW1. He later served in France where he had before but was wounded 2 or 3 months before the end of the War. It is believed by my mother and other family members that this was a serious bayonet wound which took a very long time to heal and recover from.
Would it be correct to assume that the "Mediterranean" referred to on this T.A.'s soldier's service record would indicate service at Gallipoli?
I do not know how the British services recognized a serviceman's deployment in WWI, all of our chaps that went to that fatal shore those who survived and then went on to serve in France the AIF authorised in 1917 the wearing of a small brass "A" on their unit colour patch denoting they had served on Galipolli.
There was also the Macedonian Front as well he could have served in. Not nearly as many Brits there, but there was about 35,000 reinforcing the Greeks (along with the French). They would have faced off against the Ottomans, and the Bulgarians.
There was also the Macedonian Front as well he could have served in. Not nearly as many Brits there, but there was about 35,000 reinforcing the Greeks (along with the French). They would have faced off against the Ottomans, and the Bulgarians.
There were garrisons at Gibraltar and Malta as well. Then too there were British units sent from France to Italy to fight on the Italian/Austro-Hungarian front as well when the Italians needed helping.
The only way to know for sure would be seriously researching the National Archives looking particularly for his personal military records and the war diaries of units in which he served, and cross referencing the lot.
I was just thinking if it was a bayonet wound it would have to be a actual combat location so Gibraltar (which is actually a spectacular place to go visit, highly recommended) and Malta would be out.
Definitely would have to research the National Archives to find out for sure though.
I believe if memory serves correctly that I did establish that his regiment served at Gallipoli but his service record only shows that he served in the Mediterranean at the time of Gallipoli. According to family members when he came back from France, seriously wounded, he was basically a broken man. He spent some time in a wheel chair after WW1 but did make a recovery of sorts. As well as physical injuries he suffered mental injuries but found that by taking up photography, this helped his recovery from this aspect.
For those interested this is very confronting and touches a raw nerve at what the poor beggars endured in both wars sadly they did not understand it in WWI and some were executed for misconstrued cowardice thank god our Govt resisted the death penalty to be imposed on our troops they only suffered jail terms much as Britain tried to have the sentences carried out.
WWI - https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&r...B4A_qMZ8yuPoDw
's entry into the 1st WW which basically started in German
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