Comments on: “Any little news I can get” http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/10/27/any-little-news/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:34:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jan Poy http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/10/27/any-little-news/#comment-2197 Jan Poy Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:09:59 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/?p=1504#comment-2197 Can anyone help me in searching for a Lt./Cpl. John Alfred Benson NX22936. He was discharged from the Army in January 1945 from the 2/1 Pioneer Battalion. I would like to know if he is still with us as he would be 89. He was a very close friend of my mum's and i have letters and photos that were sent to her from him from Tel Aviv in 1941-42.Can I be guided to the right place to contact possibly relatives or John himself if this is not the right place. Thank you. Janice Poy,Albury.N.S.W Can anyone help me in searching for a Lt./Cpl. John Alfred Benson NX22936. He was discharged from the Army in January 1945 from the 2/1 Pioneer Battalion. I would like to know if he is still with us as he would be 89. He was a very close friend of my mum’s and i have letters and photos that were sent to her from him from Tel Aviv in 1941-42.Can I be guided to the right place to contact possibly relatives or John himself if this is not the right place. Thank you. Janice Poy,Albury.N.S.W

]]> By: Jessie Webb http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/10/27/any-little-news/#comment-2035 Jessie Webb Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:34:58 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/?p=1504#comment-2035 Dear Ian, Thank you for pointing that out! The post has been amended accordingly and I'll pass your comment on to the photographs section so they can amend the catalogue entry for that item. Regards, Jessie Dear Ian,

Thank you for pointing that out! The post has been amended accordingly and I’ll pass your comment on to the photographs section so they can amend the catalogue entry for that item.

Regards,

Jessie

]]> By: Ian http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/10/27/any-little-news/#comment-2031 Ian Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:10:42 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/?p=1504#comment-2031 At the risk of sounding picky, the photo of the Menin Gate could not have been taken c.1919. It was not completed and unveiled until 1927. However, the rest of your blog contains really good information. At the risk of sounding picky, the photo of the Menin Gate could not have been taken c.1919. It was not completed and unveiled until 1927. However, the rest of your blog contains really good information.

]]> By: Bob Meade http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/10/27/any-little-news/#comment-2029 Bob Meade Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:05:23 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/?p=1504#comment-2029 I'm finding the Red Cross investigation files very useful. I didn't know they were digitised until now. Thanks! I’m finding the Red Cross investigation files very useful. I didn’t know they were digitised until now.

Thanks!

]]> By: Liz http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/10/27/any-little-news/#comment-2028 Liz Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:28:13 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/?p=1504#comment-2028 Another useful resource online now is indeed the news itself. The Australian Newspapers Beta service from The National Library at http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home has digitised newspapers from each Australian state. This project is ongoing. For Victoria "The Argus" is all there for 1915-1919 and 1945 and other years. It ran columns such as "Australians on service" which listed wounded, killed in action and more. Thanks to AWM for the excellent resources available for family historians Another useful resource online now is indeed the news itself. The Australian Newspapers Beta service from The National Library at http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home has digitised newspapers from each Australian state. This project is ongoing.
For Victoria “The Argus” is all there for 1915-1919 and 1945 and other years. It ran columns such as “Australians on service” which listed wounded, killed in action and more.

Thanks to AWM for the excellent resources available for family historians

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