On this day, and the next, in 1945

Ron Goldstein · 30-07-2008, 10:31 AM

Personal Diary:
Monday 30th July 1945
Taken off fatigues to do interpreter for Lt.”Dutch” Holland. Out in the dingo to the end of the boundary area. Crashed plane on hillside. Beer at roadside Gasthos at dinner time.

Regimental Diary:
July 30th - Capt AS Wells was transferred from C Sqn to command B Sqn vice Major JLE Ogier who was detached from the Regt to become Commandant of 6th Armd Div Farming School. B Sqn remained in area GRAFENSTEIN.

Personal Diary:
Tuesday 31st July 1945
Out with “Dutch” again, this time to the Burgomaster at Hohentaun. Collected three crates of books from ex-Stalaag XVIII. Back early for Road Block guard. Truck broke down.

I wrote about this incident in an article in the BBC Archives: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/40/a5894940.shtml

Regimental Diary:
July 31st - A special message was received from the Army Commander on the occasion of the dissolution of 8th Army.
On the Regt ceasing to be under command 78 Div on July 8th all guard duties ceased. Immediately on coming under command 6th Armd Div the Regt was extremely busy refitting with ACs instead of Kangaroos, all of which were handed in before leaving 78 Div. Apart from refitting, all Tank and AC crews were busy learning to drive and master the maintenance problems of the new equipment. This was completed by July 22nd. On arriving in Styria, the Regt was immediately busy providing check posts on the northern border of Styria, sending out patrols to locate dumps of Wehrmacht equipment and to check civilian identities.
[From this point on routine patrols without incident will not be reported)

dbf · 30-07-2008, 04:42 PM

Ron,
Glad your personal pursuit of happiness was achieved.
d

30-07-2008, 10:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London, England Posts: 820	On this day, and the next, in 1945 Personal Diary: Monday 30th July 1945 Taken off fatigues to do interpreter for Lt.”Dutch” Holland. Out in the dingo to the end of the boundary area. Crashed plane on hillside. Beer at roadside Gasthos at dinner time. Regimental Diary: July 30th - Capt AS Wells was transferred from C Sqn to command B Sqn vice Major JLE Ogier who was detached from the Regt to become Commandant of 6th Armd Div Farming School. B Sqn remained in area GRAFENSTEIN. Personal Diary: Tuesday 31st July 1945 Out with “Dutch” again, this time to the Burgomaster at Hohentaun. Collected three crates of books from ex-Stalaag XVIII. Back early for Road Block guard. Truck broke down. I wrote about this incident in an article in the BBC Archives: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/40/a5894940.shtml Regimental Diary: July 31st - A special message was received from the Army Commander on the occasion of the dissolution of 8th Army. On the Regt ceasing to be under command 78 Div on July 8th all guard duties ceased. Immediately on coming under command 6th Armd Div the Regt was extremely busy refitting with ACs instead of Kangaroos, all of which were handed in before leaving 78 Div. Apart from refitting, all Tank and AC crews were busy learning to drive and master the maintenance problems of the new equipment. This was completed by July 22nd. On arriving in Styria, the Regt was immediately busy providing check posts on the northern border of Styria, sending out patrols to locate dumps of Wehrmacht equipment and to check civilian identities. [From this point on routine patrols without incident will not be reported) __________________ If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Rabbi Hillel circa 30 BCE I was "Called-up" in Oct 1942 Served as a Wireless-Op with the 49th LAA (78 Div) from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944 (North Africa,Sicily,Italy, Egypt). The Regiment was disbanded in Dec 1944 and I was retrained (in Italy) by the Royal Armoured Corps. Served as a Loader-Op with the 4th QOH from Mar 1945 to Jan 1946 (Italy, Austria, Germany) Finished up as Tech Cpl for "A" Sqdrn. I was "De-mobbed" in Apr 1947

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30-07-2008, 04:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
dbf Silly old moo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland Posts: 930	Ron, Glad your personal pursuit of happiness was achieved. d

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