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From: Maria Celano <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] RE: Fw: Changed Names after W.W.1
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:23:32 +1000
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Hello
Have you checked this web site:-

http://www.ww2roll.gov.au

from Maria
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

On 8/13/05, jim & shirley <> wrote:
> Hi Lenore Thank you for answering my plea for help. sorry i didnt make
> myself clear, George James Richardson number in W.W.2.was V12074 we know he
> served in W.W.1. but not under the name of George James Richardson as i have
> checked this out, on George James W.W.2. papers it said he was in W.W.1. 6
> Batt. no 6649 George James was burnt to death at the Army camp at
> Fisherman's Bend Army camp in 1942 as my husband was very young at the time
> he cant remember this. Charles Parbs has a lot in common with George
> Richardson with dates and names. Kind regards to you Shirley
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lenore Frost" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 6:11 PM
> Subject: [AUS-MELB] RE: Fw: Changed Names after W.W.1
>
>
> > >----- Original Message -----
> >>From: jim & shirley
> >>To:
> >>Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 11:19 AM
> >>Subject: Changed Names after W.W.1
> >>
> >>
> >>Please can anybody tell me how to go about finding anything about a person
> >>who changed his >name app. 1919 in Melbourne he was in W.W.1 came out the
> >>Army in 1918 his name was Charles >George Parbs, in 1928 a George James
> >>Richardson married a Mary Burgoyne.in 1942 he joined the >army in
> >>Melbourne he had the same service number as Charles George Parbs in W.W.1.
> >>I am just >trying to find out about him between 1918 and 1928. Kind
> >>regards Shirley
> >
> > This appears to have been forwarded from another list, to which I am not
> > subscribed, so I suppose the forwarder could forward this one back to
> > VIC-L
> >
> >
> > I found this event (a WW1 veteran named Charles George Parbs, No 6649
> > having the same number as a WW2 Veteran George James Richardson)
> > impossible to replicate. I cannot find anyone on the WW2 nominal roll
> > with the number 6649 being named George James Richardson, so I'm not sure
> > how this connection has been made (in fact, there isn't anyone on the WW2
> > roll named George James Richardson at all.)
> >
> > It is not the case that someone who served in a regiment in WW1 would end
> > up with the same number in WW2, as numbers were related to the order of
> > enlistment in a particular regiment and not individually allocated to one
> > soldier which would follow him for twenty years.
> >
> > Parbs' service record indicates that in 1924, at least, he was living at
> > Kyneton, South Australia, when his service medals were sent there. I would
> > be starting back in Kyneton, South Australia, and make a painstaking
> > examination of things like - obituaries for relations, cemetery records
> > where relations are buried, Wills, etc.
> >
> > Is there a family story that Parbs changed his name? Or is this just a
> > stab in the dark? Apart from the supposed same Army number, is there any
> > other reason to suppose George James Richardson is Parbs?
> >
> > I note on the NAA website that there is another record for Charles Parbs
> > (under Charlie, from memory, but just do a search on Parbs, as there
> > aren't very many of them) which seems to be connected to a veteran's
> > pension. Applying for that record might be useful.
> >
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> >
> > Lenore Frost
> > Essendon, Vic
> > http://www.members.optushome.com.au/lenorefrost/
> >
> >
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