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From: David Dixon <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] World War Standard Time
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:19:57 +1000
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Tom,
I understand also that bombing raids carried out by Australian infantry
were of necessity carried out at night. We are lucky, here in Oz with
WW1 records & I have a copy, via the AWM, of the dossiers of all five of
my relatives who served - only one of whom survived. One was reported
lost in October 1916 "...in a bombing raid at the Bluff, nr. Dickebusch...."

Regards,
Dave

TOM TULLOCH-MARSHALL wrote:

> Rock - the Western Front is in the same time zone as GMT so
> essentially the British Army used GMT or "SummerTime" (Daylight Saving
> Time) as applicable after its introduction 21/5/1916. I'm afraid I
> don't know if the US Army conformed to that, but I suspect it may be a
> bit academic anyway if the purpose of your question isn't so much
> about the actual time zone being observed as the fact that the attack
> you refer to happened during the hours of darkness ???
>
> If it is the latter then the fact that it was dark isn't at all
> "unusual" - in fact it reflects very deliberate policy, certainly on
> the part of the British Army .......


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