tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43620981087271162152024-03-05T09:44:20.976-08:00November 5th 1916 Gueudecourt, France (1st Battalion, A.I.F)This blog is about the research I have undertaken into the 1st Battalion AIF soldiers who died November 5th 1916 near Gueudecourt, France.Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-37082289461895070842017-11-04T16:51:00.000-07:002017-11-04T16:51:28.415-07:00101st Anniversary - Gueudecourt Attack<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plaque erected November 5th 2016 - for the 100th Anniversary</td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;">Today is the 101st Anniversary of the attacks near Gueudecourt, France undertaken by the 1st and 3rd battalions at the 'Triangle' and the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th battalions at the 'Maze'.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I have included images of the memorial garden the people of Gueudecourt have now created on the Forum on the November 5th website.</span></div>
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<br />Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-68155175939730802892017-10-05T17:44:00.002-07:002017-10-05T17:44:41.041-07:00Updates To WebsiteI have made a number of updates to the website. Check out the shoutout for information:<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><i>My plan for November 5th this year is as follows:</i></span></h2>
1. Meet at 11am at the French memorial in the middle of Gueudecourt.<br />
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2. Meet with the Mayor by 11:30am at the mairie.<br />
Unveil the plaque, have a couple of speeches and there may be other items as well.<br />
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Anyone my follow me with the rest of my plan -<br />
3. Go to the Bayonet/Hilt Trench area where the 1st and 3rd Battalions attacked where a wreath will be placed.<br />
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4. Go to the area of the Maze attack and lay a wreath. <br />
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5. Go to Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The battlefield (where the 1st and 3rd Battalions attacked)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French soldier memorial in Gueudecourt</td></tr>
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Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-68241288487592968012016-04-13T09:26:00.000-07:002016-04-13T09:26:36.558-07:00M.A.T.R. Researching<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have finally listened to all the friends, family and some of the people I have already done research for and created a website to offer my researching skills for a fee.</span><br />
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<i><b>Additional Note:</b></i> The way I came up with the name 'M.A.T.R. Researching' is by wanting to acknowledge the two people that started my genealogical and military researching.<br />
'M.A.' are the initials of my grandmother - in response to her death in January 1998 I began my genealogical research.<br />
'T.R.' are the initials of my great-grandfather who is the very first person I undertook military research for.Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-8582367992912597872015-11-18T01:54:00.000-08:002015-11-18T01:54:46.205-08:00A Wonderful Surprise!!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Last night around 9:15pm I received an email
from my contact in France that informed me of some fantastic news ...</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Some of you may remember last year (or even
the year before) I wrote that I was planning something special for the 100th
anniversary but I didn't want to say to much in case I couldn't pull it off -
well after the email last night I am feeling comfortable enough to let you all
in on my special thing. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is where the battle for the 1st Battle occurred.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After my last visit to Gueudecourt for the
95th Anniversary I had the crazy idea that I wanted a monument or plaque
erected either right next to the battlefield or in Gueudecourt that
commemorated our dead soldiers, especially those still buried on the
battlefield. Even though I REALLY wanted this I never thought I could achieve
any thing. Though over the last couple of years with the aid of my contact in
France I have been trying to achieve something - I had decided at this point in
time I wanted a plaque in Gueudecourt. The last thing I did a few months ago
was directly write a letter to the mayor of Gueudecourt which my contact passed
on for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">... GUESS WHAT?</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">The email last night said that the mayor of Gueudecourt
had agreed for a plaque to be erected on the wall of the 'mairie'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This means I need to get busy now organising
the creation of this plaque and getting it to France in time for 100th
anniversary.</span>Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-57249654198285349032015-11-05T00:00:00.000-08:002015-11-05T00:00:18.425-08:0099th Anniversary<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: white;"><i>Ninety-nine years ago today Australian soldiers were involved in an offensive near Flers and Geuedecourt, France. </i></span></h2>
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Thomas (my great-grandfather) and his fellow Australian soldiers of the 1st and 3rd Battalion attacked a 'triangle' just near Geuedecourt, France. Unfortunately a number of them were wounded and/or died during this attack.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is an attack map for the 'triangle' attack on November 5th 1916 </td></tr>
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A little further along the front the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th
Battalions were also involved in this offensive. They were attacking a
section called 'The Maze' and a larger number of these soldiers were wounded and/or killed then involved in the 'triangle' attack.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is photograph of the original attack plan for the November 5th offensive.</td></tr>
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<br />Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-32121959244329807642015-07-31T09:07:00.001-07:002015-08-08T22:53:05.071-07:00NEW WEBSITE<br />
As of early this morning I have made my new website go live!<br />
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I have transferred over everything that was on the old site <www .november5th1916.350.com=""> and will be adding new research (information, maps and photographs) about the November 5th 1916 attack. I have expanded my research to all the Australian battalions involved in this attack.</www>Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-86612566332613748652014-04-26T10:16:00.000-07:002014-04-26T10:16:07.817-07:00ANZAC Day 2014<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Again this year I went to the local ANZAC Day service followed by attending the gathering at the local RSL. This year my brother joined my dad and I for the first time. Also this year I wanted to lay a wreath for the Thomas and the other 1st Battalion soliders of November 5th, something I haven't felt like doing for a few years - mainly because I had thought after the last time I laid one I wouldn't do it again until I could lay one at their memorial on the battlefield.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Instead of having something made, I made it myself (see the picture to the left). I made it out of Rosemary and tied the Battalion patch colours at the bottom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dad and I took it up the wreath and laid it on the memorial together.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wreath at the local memorial.</td></tr>
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<br />Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-15913066637300553192014-04-18T00:03:00.001-07:002014-04-25T03:11:41.974-07:00Facebook PageI have created a Facebook Page for the November 5th 1916. I intend this to be another way of family members making contact.<br />
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The address <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/November5th1916France">www.facebook.com/November5th1916France</a></span><br />
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I will be uploading information about all aspects of the attack into this page.Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-44396527220982551762013-11-04T20:27:00.001-08:002013-11-04T20:27:15.175-08:0097 yearsToday it is ninety-seven years since Thomas and the other soldiers were killed on the battlefield near Gueudecourt. In three years I will be standing at the spot - hopefully unfailing a plaque to them and sharing the moment with other families. Unfortunately their burials didn't take place for another four months.Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-19961420735617042042013-09-30T18:27:00.000-07:002013-10-02T04:36:22.715-07:00Actual Attack and Burial SiteOver the two trips I have made I have come close to the actual attack and burial site of the soldiers. On many different maps I have been able to pinpoint and highlight the areas but have never had a photograph. Thanks to Google Maps now having the street view options for the area I am looking at I have now got an actual image of the burial site and attack area.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The area surrounded by the blue line during the war linked up and made Bayonet Trench. The area marked with red is where they attacked from. The area surrounded by the pink line is Hilt Trench. The green arrow is pointing roughly to the co-ordinate given in the military files. The yellow line shows the area where the soldiers would have died and been buried. The road makes up part of what was called Fritz Folly.</td></tr>
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The above map shows the actual attack and burial sites. In 2016 when I go back for the 100th anniversary of their death I will be stopping here and if there are no crops in and the weather permitting, I hopefully will be able to walk out onto this or at least up hilt trench.<br />
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<br />Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-81934908873411874732013-07-29T04:15:00.001-07:002013-07-29T04:15:58.018-07:00Memorial at GueudcourtAfter my last visit to Gueudecourt for the 95th anniversary of the death of Thomas and the other soldiers I decided that for the 100th I REALLY want to place a plaque in France commemorating them and the battle they lost their lives in.<br />
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A couple of months ago I decided to start to try and make this happen, I have contacted someone in France in the hope they can help me and I have started saving money for the plaque.<br />
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I have to admit in a perfect world I would be able to get the plaque I have imaged (and drawn) and it would be placed right near their burial site. I know I am going to have to settle for something else, but I will not settle for anything less then a plaque recognising the battle and the loss of lives.<br />
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I may have already posted the following previously on here - My image of the perfect plaque (or monument) to Thomas and the other soldiers would be the return of what was placed for them when they were originally buried (though in stone) - A simple cross bearing all their names. I have to admit when I told my family and friends most were a little confused (confused might not be the right word) as I am far from religious, but I feel it is only fitting that the cross be returned. I know others may not feel this way.<br />
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I will post updates on what happens when things occur (hopefully).Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-27492427869387640752013-04-24T19:52:00.000-07:002013-04-24T19:52:39.060-07:00ANZAC Day 2013Hi All,<br />
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I have been up to the local ANZAC Day service and then the gathering at the RSL afterwards. This year was the biggest gathering there has been so far in the last few years and surprisingly it was not that cold, I do have to say that since I began going to the local service, each year has seen a little more attend.<br />
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Once I returned home I set to my normal routine for ANZAC Day - undertaking research, though this year I am trying to help some other people discover information about their soldiers.<br />
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This year I didn't lay a wreath. My memorial was a personal one - I have had two (metal) dog-tags made for myself with my grandfathers and great-grandfathers war information. It is so special on different levels. I look at the tags I wear around my neck and think in some way finally they are together - unfortunately due to the First World War my grandfather grew up never knowing his father (my great-grandfather).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The left tag is for my grandfather, the right tag for my great-grandfather</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The top tag is for my grandfather (I used the exact name he fought under), the bottom tag for my great-grandfather.</td></tr>
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<i><b><u>OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT THE STRANGENESS OF WAR</u></b></i></div>
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<i>When looking at my mum and dad's families there is are a couple of unbalanced situations between the two families with regard the wars.</i></div>
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<i>On the one side, my mum's family had a large number of family members participate in various wars, however nearly all of them came home and came home without any issues.</i></div>
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<i>Where on the other side, my dad's family had only a few members (about a handful) participate in World War One and Two with the majority not returning and/or returning with some serious issues (and not just physical ones).</i></div>
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<i>A NOTE - one of the main reasons my mum's family had some many go off to war is that most of the children born into her family have been males, where with my dad's family most of the children born into to the family have been females. If I had to put a ratio on it, it would be something like for every 1 female in my mum's family born 3 or 4 males are born. Where dad's family is the opposite - 1 male to every 3 or 4 females.</i></div>
Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-7570976189942239702013-04-12T22:31:00.001-07:002013-04-12T22:32:20.962-07:00The word is getting out<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I received noticed a week ago that <span style="color: blue;"><i>findmypast.com.au</i></span> were going to included the brief summary I wrote about the research I have undertaken / the soldiers of the November 5th 1916 in their ANZAC memory bank.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> This is the image seen by all in the memory bank</i></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When I got to their site I was totally surprised and very pleased to see that this brief overview was the third story, so everyone that visits that part of the site will see what I have found / been doing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My main hope is that this will give the families that I have not been contact with another avenue to get in touch with me and the website. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Findmypast also put up the poems I have written (they are in another section on this blog), they are on the second page - story number 6.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>This is entry for the poems. This also includes a poem found amongst my pop's World War Two items that he had.</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The address to view my overview along with all the other stories and memories findmypast have included in their memory bank is: <<a href="http://www.findmypast.com.au/articles/anzac-day-stories/page-1">http://www.findmypast.com.au/articles/anzac-day-stories/page-1</a>></span>Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-48853676804492650152012-11-05T23:32:00.001-08:002013-08-28T06:29:36.241-07:0096th Anniversary<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday was a double sad day for my family. A year ago I was in France with my mother to be at Thomas' death site 95 years (to the day) of his death. At the same time of this commemoration my mother's father passed away in Australia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this year November 5th was a time to commemorate my great-grandfather (Thomas Rutherford) and my grandfather (Frederick McPaul) deaths.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>This photograph was taken by me on November 5th 2011 and it shows the area where Thomas and the others are still buried today.</i></span></div>
Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-55008243241827169892012-08-06T04:29:00.002-07:002012-08-06T04:29:47.031-07:00Unknown Soldiers In PhotographsThe following photographs were sent to me to by a family member of John Harris. They have been placed on the November 5th 1916 website, on John Harris' personal page. They contain John Harris and other soldiers whom names are unknown - if you recognise a soldier please let me know.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Harris is sitting on the left-side of this photograph. The solider standing behind him and the one sitting next to him are from the 1st battalion as they are wearing 1st battalion patches on their uniforms (top of left arms).</td></tr>
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<br />Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-59184610211925936302012-07-04T23:52:00.002-07:002012-07-04T23:52:49.580-07:00Trying to Get Government Support<div style="color: black;">
<i><span style="color: purple;">The following is a brief overview of the steps myself and my father took to try and get government support:</span></i></div>
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dad and myself decided that we would try and get the federal government
to look at my research. Dad hoped that my research would be enough for
the government to make them search the Gueudecourt area in the hope of
locating our missing soldiers.<br /><br />I wanted official researchers to
look at my research and tell me if I had done the right thing and to say
what I found was correct. Once this happened I would feel much happier
about trying to locate family members and let them know what I had
found.</span><br style="color: purple;" /><br style="color: purple;" /><br style="color: purple;" /><span style="color: #661831;">Our first step was to
contact our local federal member to ask him to forward my research onto
the appropriate person in the government. Once we did this most of the
correspondence was between him and the different officials my research
was forwarded onto.</span><br style="color: purple;" /><br style="color: purple;" /><br style="color: purple;" /><span style="color: #b32b56;">After more
than a year, the federal government finally got back to me with their
response. It was a mixed response for my dad and myself. Their response
gave me the response I was looking for, but did not give dad the
response he wanted. I have to admit that I have now begun wanting to
know for sure the soldiers are still under the ground.<br /><br />The
government basically said that my research was good and that I was right
- the soldiers were buried in March 1917 and never moved. The said that I did
not have any new information and that I didn't have specific enough
information for their March 1917 burial. Due to these two items they
could not do anything further.</span><br />
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I still hope that some day they can help me confirm the soldiers are still there and/or help me erect a memorial to the soldiers.</div>
<br />Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-24732986384722092202012-04-08T04:58:00.003-07:002012-04-08T05:01:50.296-07:00100th AnniversaryI will be going to Gueudecourt for the <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >100th anniversary on November 5th 2016</span>. If there is anyone who would like to join me at Gueudecourt and visit the field where the 1st Battalion soldiers are still buried <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" >meet me in Gueudecourt at the monument at around 10am</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">this time may change closer to the date</span>).Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-5534478864932524322011-11-14T02:18:00.000-08:002011-11-14T02:25:10.079-08:0095th AnniversaryI have just come back from visiting the Somme. On November 5th 2011, I stood amongst the Gueudecourt battlefield and where Thomas and the 1st battalion soldiers were killed 95 years earlier (and some are still buried there today). It was so quiet while I was standing there looking around.<br /><br />It was good to be able to "play" the battle attacks on the land instead of looking at maps and trying to visualise it. I took photos of the battlefield and will be placing them on the website.<br /><br />While visiting the Somme, I also went around to every cemetery and/or memorial which had the 73 soldiers and photographed their headstone or name. I will be placing these pictures on the individual soldier pages on my website (hopefully over the next week).Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-77619570586659071862011-04-24T20:58:00.000-07:002011-04-24T21:05:17.997-07:00ANZAC Day 2011I attended the local Piangil Service today and laid some hibiscus flowers (from my garden) with the burial co-ordinate written on the wrapping.<br /><br />I am currently watching the Villers-Bretonneux drawn service. It has been a little surreal (maybe not the correct word) because while I am listening to /watching this service - knowing that Thomas and the other soldiers names are there (actually they just showed their part of the wall on TV) I am replying to two new sets of family members who has just contacted me.Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-3574913805544371522011-04-23T22:35:00.000-07:002011-04-23T22:48:44.876-07:00November 5th 2011, Gueudecourt, France<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">95th Anniversary</span></span><br /><br />This year on November 5th it will be 95 years since Thomas and the other 1st battalion soldiers were killed.<br /><br />I had hoped to return to Gueudecourt (I was there with my dad in 2006 for the 90th anniversary) and go to where (I now know) Thomas and the others are buried (on the battlefield).<br /><br />Well, with some planning I have booked and paid for my trip and I will be standing on/near their graves on November 5th this year. I have also organised (hopefully) to visit all the cemeteries and memorials where all the 1st battalion soldiers are buried or have their names commemorated. I will take photographs of their names or graves and place these onto the website on the individual soldier's pages.Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-81107220460558141172011-03-07T01:41:00.000-08:002011-03-07T02:03:37.652-08:00Website FINISHED!This is to say that I have finally finished the website. I will in the future be updating it with photographs of the soldiers as family members contact me and hopefully have a picture of their soldier.<br />I will also update the website with any new information/maps/pictures I come across.Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-36379591245309496412010-04-24T19:15:00.000-07:002010-04-24T19:36:06.165-07:00ANZAC Day 2010I was the guest speaker at my local ANZAC Day Commemoration Ceremony. I have copied my speech below:<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >Hi I'm Leeta. Some of you know me and some don't. I have become a First World War researcher in particularly looking at the 1st Battalion A.I.F and a battle which took place on November 5th 1916 near Gueudecourt.<br /><br />What does ANZAC day mean? What does it stand for? For some people, they believe we should not hold such a day as it glorifies war, but having the freedom to express such ideas is part of what it stands for, for me. For the rest of us it is a time to remember those that have come before us and those long lost who sacrificed their safety and their lives for us.</span><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU"><br /><o:p></o:p></span> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU">It is time to remember a nation finding its feet, taking its first steps into the world as one country. It is time to remember our fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers and uncles who we will never get the chance to know as they died fighting in a foreign land or came back with part of themself forever hidden from the outside world and from those who weren’t there.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU">I have to admit growing up ANZAC Day didn’t mean as much to me as it does today. Being a child who didn’t have any living relatives that had fought I didn’t have a strong emotional attachment to this day. I knew my pop was in World War 2, but didn’t feel anything. This is a problem that as time goes on more and more Australians will face. My emotional attachment to this day has changed because I have had the chance to get to know a man who died 63 years before I was born. My grandfather grew up knowing of this man but not knowing him, as he was only 3 years old when this man went off to war and 4 years old when he died. I am talking of my great-grandfather.</span></p><p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU">A couple of you know part of the story of my great-grandfather and what I am trying to do for him and other 1st battalion soldiers. He was killed in action near Gueudecourt, on the Somme November 5th 1916. Four months later on March 3rd 1917 he was buried along with other soldiers of the 1st Battalion, A.I.F where they had fallen. Unfortunately due to continued fighting the cross erected in the middle of their graves vanished. In 1919 when the military went to the coordinates of the March 1917 burials they couldn't find most of the graves, so these men were classed as having no known grave and had their names placed on the walls at Villers-Bretonneux and Canberra.<br /></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU">In trying to find and prove where my great-grandfather lies today I discovered the stories of lives whom in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region> would never have crossed and now are forever linked. I unfortunately learned of the horrific ways men from both sides died, as well as some of the bravest things done to help a fellow soldier. I have quite often paused and tried to imagine what it was like for them in the war and in the trenches, and asked what were they thinking when they went over the top.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU">A poem I have come across in my research comes to mind whenever I do wonder what they were thinking. It is called ‘The Men on your Left and Right’ and I will read it for you now:</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">The Men on your Left and Right<o:p></o:p><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">By Robert De Groff 4/25/08</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">"It really don't matter what side you're on, Son"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">The Sergeant says to me<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">I listened real close for I was a lad<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">And not even twenty-three<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">"You were sent by your Country, or God or King<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">It's a soldier's lot to die<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">So I'll tell you what you're fightin for"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">And he looks me in the eye<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">"For freedom", says I.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">"That's probably it!"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">"Or maybe to save mankind!"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">"Or to keep the world all safe and sane<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">And make sure it don't unwind"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">"For your Family and Home and your Flag so dear!"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">I knew I had it at last!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">I heard the shells scream overhead<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">And the trench shook from the blast.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">The Sergeants eyes they held me still<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">My own stayed open wide.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">With a click, he fixed his bayonet<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">His head shook side to side.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">"No Lad", he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">"That's just not it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">That's what them civilians think.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">A soldier's thoughts are simpler still",<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">And he gives me a quick sad wink.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">"A soldier's got no time to think of such grand things ya see.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">No King or Queen in this here trench.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">Just the Lads, and you, and me"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">"You fight for the men on your left and right.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">It's just as simple as that.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">Now load yer rifle, tighten your belt<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">And don't forget your tin hat."<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">"If you're still alive tomorrow" he says<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">You'll long remember this day.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">You'll remember the men on your left and right<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">When you hear the pipers play"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">"So on your feet Lad,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">It's just about time<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">Wipe that mud off your pistol sight.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">We're in for it now, so le’s give 'em Hell<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">We may see it ourselves tonight!"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">He smiled at me then and chuckled no doubt<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">At my brief patriotic vent<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">Then the flare gun went off, and I blew my whistle<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">And over the top we went.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU">I would now like to take a moment to consider the men honoured on this cenotaph and all the others they stand for. This cenotaph stands for all the wars long gone and unfortunately those yet to come.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU">The following is a poem I wrote about this cenotaph.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">Memorial<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">By Leeta Rutherford</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">A memorial stands alone among a dried out lawn and gravel,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">Backed by plants and a near by cannon,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">Guarded by two empty flag poles.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">To the left, to the right and behind life goes on,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">A tennis court, growing gardens and buildings,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">Everyday living though the noise seems dulled.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">You stand in front of this memorial and you can hear,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">The wind rustling through leaves, little birds singing a soft song,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">And chimes softly being played by the wind.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">Flags are flown,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">Half mast once yearly,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">A ceremony to commemorate as well.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">About fifty people,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">Sit, reflect, remember and cry inside and out,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">In front of this memorial, this stone.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">The brave men of the district, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">Who fought and lost in both World Wars,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">Are immortalised in gold writing, in stone, in the memorial.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">Their stone, their memorial is a place for thousands to be remembered,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">For one to be remembered, for tears and reflection,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">This year while I sit in front of their stone, their memorial,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">When I cry for my great-grandfather and for my pop,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">I’ll make sure I spare a tear.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">I’ll spare a tear for those who fought and died in World War 1 and 2<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">I’ll also make sure I spare a tear for those who fought and died in other wars.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" lang="EN-AU">And I’ll make sure I spare a tear for the families affected.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU">To end today I just wanted to touch briefly on why ANZAC day is held on April 25th. Not many people realise the full reason for why April 25th was chosen for our day of remembrance. People believe it is because this was the day 95 years ago that the ANZACs first stepped into the First World War at Gallipoli. This is part of the reason, but not the whole reason.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU">Three years after landing at Gallipoli April 25th 1915, the Australians fighting on the Western Front were involved in a decisive attack which some say turned the war towards its end and towards the British Imperial Forces winning. This attack happened very early in the morning of April 25<sup></sup>th 1918 near Villers-Bretonneux. Because of the Australian’s success in this attack at Villers-Bretonneux and their involvement at Gallipoli, April 25<sup></sup>th was chosen as the day of our remembrance.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU">Thank-you so much for listening.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-48011354451043739852010-03-04T01:57:00.000-08:002010-03-04T02:10:56.920-08:0093 years since BurialThis week commemorates 93 years since Thomas and the other soldiers were buried near Gueudecourt (this year is 94 years since they were killed).<br /><br />Nothing has happened on any further fronts. I am upgrading the website I have created (this will take me a little while to do).<br /><br />I have realised that for ANZAC Day this year I would love to be able to say that the Army History Unit got back to me saying that I was correct and Thomas and the others were buried near Gueudecourt in March 1917, and are most probably still there if their bodies were not caught in the continued shelling after March 1917. <span style="font-style: italic;">This would make my life and ANZAC Day!</span>Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362098108727116215.post-86503292454720615262009-12-05T02:23:00.000-08:002009-12-05T06:39:05.939-08:00DevelopmentsIt has been a while since the last post. A few things have happened since then.<br /><div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />Some family members have contacted me and I have begun a memorial page on the website (</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.november5th1916.350.com/">http://www.november5th1916.350.com/</a>). I have also completed and been sending out my research CD.<br /><br /><br /></span></div> <div> </div> <div style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The new developments:</span></div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >I have contacted my local federal MP and sent him my research CD and a short document (which I will post later) outlining why I believe our soldiers </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >are buried (and still are) at/near the co-ordinates outside of Gueudecourt.<br /></span><br /></div> <div> </div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >He passed everything onto the Australian War Graves and they took a look. They then passed it on to the Department of Defence History Unit who are in charge of locating/investigating unknown solider graves (they are dealing with Fromelle's right now).<br /><br /></span></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >Fingers cross they think it worthwhile to explore / acknowledge our soldiers, my dad asked for an investigation to see if in fact their bodies are still there, I asked for help to put a memorial up and/or recognition that they were buried there.<br /><br />Denis McCarthy (who is helping me) on his last trip to France spoke to the Mayor of Gueudecourt about having a memorial </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >erected for our soldiers. </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >The Mayor didn't promise he would allow it, but promised to look in to the issue and see what he could do. It turns out the farmer fields where our soldiers were killed/buried belong to the Mayor.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZj0FYVm9VdAGWJTNLBLGZRb6evBgGytAbW_ki-b_41lof1PDo-Ij2kgvz9ZAXJFA6kiHC5KdjkJqPdBnvuExy0tqFI6y_E7vwQuzz96t8NQinCw0iuG0nFtDML38pHo8AJBnv82axtDZ/s1600-h/Photo+3+-+SW+across+Hilt+Trench+towards+Biscuit+Trench.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZj0FYVm9VdAGWJTNLBLGZRb6evBgGytAbW_ki-b_41lof1PDo-Ij2kgvz9ZAXJFA6kiHC5KdjkJqPdBnvuExy0tqFI6y_E7vwQuzz96t8NQinCw0iuG0nFtDML38pHo8AJBnv82axtDZ/s200/Photo+3+-+SW+across+Hilt+Trench+towards+Biscuit+Trench.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411697848916292626" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The photo above was taken by Denis looking South West across Hilt Trench. Somewhere under these fields my great-grandfather and the others </span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebk9mLIkbryPBGWE6SA14Wo0Alzao1syOmVuzuVaLs7e6lcbZZtQxwv9Ylh7zfJf0N8jFKCNhuI4WIICMM46AKWdYEk47x7KgdMRoh9WMp3BN_9nCAUIt8W_2IidqUZn0VetdxPNz0oyA/s1600-h/Photo+4+-+Almost+West+along+Hilt+Trench+becoming+Bayonet+Trench.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebk9mLIkbryPBGWE6SA14Wo0Alzao1syOmVuzuVaLs7e6lcbZZtQxwv9Ylh7zfJf0N8jFKCNhuI4WIICMM46AKWdYEk47x7KgdMRoh9WMp3BN_9nCAUIt8W_2IidqUZn0VetdxPNz0oyA/s200/Photo+4+-+Almost+West+along+Hilt+Trench+becoming+Bayonet+Trench.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411760586878835410" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">were/are </span></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">buried.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The photo above was taken by Denis looking West along Hilt Trench becoming Bayonet Trench. Somewhere under these fields my great-grandfather and the others </span></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">were/are </span></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">buried.</span></span></span><br /></div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ></span> </div>Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230737677630185569noreply@blogger.com0