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22-04-2008, 07:17 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Essex
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 | Geoff Just saw you need some of your chaps from Germany A friend of mine is going there in June I think, so if I can bribe him I may be able to persuade him to take some picys, for you. It will depend on how many there are though! as I have one or two of my chaps i'm hoping he will get!! Can you send me who you need in the following Rheinberg Berlin Becklingen Durnbach Hamburg Hanover and Reichswald (I am hoping to get there myself as I have over 640 of my Airborne chaps there!) Also I am sure that I have some pics of RAAF chaps from some Dutch cemeteries, I will have a look in the next few days Regards Andy Hanover
__________________ In proud memory of Lieutenant James Henry Woods 1st Airlanding Light Regiment Killed in Action at Oosterbeek Arnhem 25th September 1944 Lieutenant William Stewart Donaldson 156th Battalion, Parachute Regiment Killed in Action at Oosterbeek Arnhem 21st September 1944 Sergeant John Burge Glider Pilot Regiment Killed in Action at Oosterbeek Arnhem 25th-26th September 1944 Corporal John Walter Bentley 12th Battalion, Parachute Regiment Killed in Action on the Rhine 24th March 1945 LEST WE FORGET 'They are free-yes-but not entirely free; for they have a master, and that master is Law, which they fear much more than your subjects fear you. Whatever this master commands, they do; and his command never varies: it is never to retreat in battle, however great the odds, but always to stand firm, and to conquer or die' (from The Peloponesian War?- Herodotus 490-425BC ) |
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22-04-2008, 11:10 PM
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| Aussies in the RAF buried in Europe 1940 Quote:
I have just finished sorting all the Aussies that died in the RAF during WW2. There were another 202 of these to add to the nearly 11,000 RAAF that died in total. A number of these were buried on the continent during May-June and in 1939/1940 and of course all fly boys.
__________________ Spidge,  ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm | |||||||||||||
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22-04-2008, 11:35 PM
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Would welcome any photos you have of RAAF in the Netherlands. As well , there are another 6 who were in the RAF. There are 375 RAAF in 98 cemeteries in the Netherlands. There are 1400 RAAF in 9 cemeteries in Germany. Let me know where you and your mate are going and I will give you a list and you can pick what you have time to do. Any would be appreciated. Cheers Geoff
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm | |
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23-04-2008, 07:38 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Essex
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| Geoff Send me what you have!!, including the six who were in the RAF. It may be I might have them. I had a quick look through my Holland pics yesterday and will compile a file with them all in. I will them add any of yours to mine for my mate ( won't he be surprised?) and then we can go from there. Any that we definitely cannot do I will let you know. Regards Andy
__________________ In proud memory of Lieutenant James Henry Woods 1st Airlanding Light Regiment Killed in Action at Oosterbeek Arnhem 25th September 1944 Lieutenant William Stewart Donaldson 156th Battalion, Parachute Regiment Killed in Action at Oosterbeek Arnhem 21st September 1944 Sergeant John Burge Glider Pilot Regiment Killed in Action at Oosterbeek Arnhem 25th-26th September 1944 Corporal John Walter Bentley 12th Battalion, Parachute Regiment Killed in Action on the Rhine 24th March 1945 LEST WE FORGET 'They are free-yes-but not entirely free; for they have a master, and that master is Law, which they fear much more than your subjects fear you. Whatever this master commands, they do; and his command never varies: it is never to retreat in battle, however great the odds, but always to stand firm, and to conquer or die' (from The Peloponesian War?- Herodotus 490-425BC ) |
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23-04-2008, 10:00 PM
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Your mate won't be your mate for long if you send him all of mine as well! Anyway, let me know your email by PM and I will send the spreadsheets for the Netherlands (366) and Germany (1407). Australians in the RAF are in blue. I will be appreciative of any that you can achieve. Cheers Geoff
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm | |
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23-04-2008, 10:43 PM
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| Geoff, I've just noticed that you've got one in Munsterbilzen. That's 5 km (and 6 min) from where I work. If you need that one then I'll try to remember to take the camera with me one day. Have you got Hasselt covered yet ? There are some RAAF there I believe and that's just down the road from where I buy my oil. Rich
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24-04-2008, 12:54 AM
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Thank you for the offer. The list is below. The blue is an Australian in the RAF. Cheers Geoff
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24-04-2008, 09:05 AM
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There are two that I do not have.
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm Last edited by spidge; 24-04-2008 at 12:47 PM. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24-04-2008, 03:16 PM
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| Vejovis   Join Date: Feb 2004
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| Lost them already Geoff? - I got you those last year! - post 13 on this thread...http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/war-cem...equired-2.html
__________________ In memory of 1440313 Gnr.Michael O'Mara, 155th Bty, 52nd (East Lancs) L.A.A.Regt (TA) R.A. - severely wounded near Arras in May 1940 and who took nearly 21 years to eventually die of his injuries. website: http://pathsofglory.co.uk Last edited by CROONAERT; 24-04-2008 at 03:33 PM. |
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