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From: "Margaret Rose" <>
Subject: [WW1] Service Records/War Graves/Tusculum
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 12:27:56 +1000


Have just joined the list and found much useful information in the archives.
Thank you Iain for the very helpful summary of the various air units.

Also interesting has been the discussion on obtaining service records. Last
year I wrote to the National Archives of Australia to ask if I could get a
copy of my father's record in WWI, and how much it would cost. A couple of
weeks later I received photocopies of all(?) the pages in his dossier in a
very attractive, specially printed folder, matching printed sheet of useful
abbreviations, facts sheets, addresses, and a bill for $A15 (trusting
souls - and worth every cent!). As well as his enlistment form, movements,
medical records, etc. there were also copies of such things as a very
poignant letter from a young girl he'd left behind asking if the army were
keeping his letters from her, anxious telegrams from his mother after he was
wounded, a passionate defence of his wish to be allowed to take his
discharge in England rather than being repatriated - an invaluable insight
into the personal background of a young man at war.

A similar application this year to the New Zealand authorities for the
records of Dad's two older brothers who served with the Auckland regiment
took longer, were not as detailed or as attractively presented, but cost
nothing (they even returned my International Reply Coupon and self-addressed
envelope). No charge for two records up to 25 pages total.

An application to UK authorities for a record of my father's service with
the RNVR in Palestine in WW2 cost £25 (+ $A15 bank charge at this end) and
produced no result at all.

A search on the War Graves site for one of the above uncles who was killed
at Gallipoli also turned up a Pte 1st Class Frederick William TREACHER, 1st
Aircraft Depot, R.A.F., died 6/11/18, remembered at Lowestoft (Kirkley)
Cemetery, Suffolk. This is the right name (not common) and age for a cousin
of my father's, but I don't have much information about this branch of the
family. Unfortunately, unlike other war graves, there is no mention of any
family, or any battle involved and the only other information given is the
address Tusculum. An e-mail to Lowestoft Council bounced, the RAF just sent
an application form and request for £25 (very reluctant to take this route
after previous experience). I will certainly follow the advice given to
Thelma and contact the War Graves Commission, but in the meantime I would be
grateful if anyone has any information about Tusculum and/or 1st Aircraft
Depot. I would also have thought November 1918 was a bit late for a battle.

Margaret ROSE
Wagga Wagga, Australia
Researching
TREACHER : Bombay, Poona, Brockley, Battersea, Penge, Auckland








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