G'day I have had my fathers records for some time and have been having difficulty in understanding them and some of the abbreviations used. I know that he was in the intelligence corps but units and other things I don't. If I downloaded the page/s would someone in the know be able to interpret them for me thanks in advance. Brian
Thanks CAC, I'll upload somepages, much appreciated . I have had to make these smaller as they are too large, even in PDF probably due to the poor copying adding to it so I hope you can follow it OK. Brian
Thanks CAC, some of the entries have "Marched on strength" I don't know what that is. The "118th RMT coy" is this CMF or where does it belong The "106th RMT coy" The entry 31/08/42. I don't understand. I haven't been able to find anything about the 32 Aust coy asc 08/09/42 bottom of first page page 2 02/01/42 What is the first Aust Army NCO school HQ New Guinea Force I haven't been able to place where my father was situated within this group 05/08/43 I can't make anything of this or 22/03/44 I think that is plenty for now I don't want to bog you down with to much stuff. I keep searching through things when I read it but don't get to much info, I might be entering the wrong words for a good search engine response. Thanks again for offering to have a squizz for me
RMT? All I can think of is Realistic Military Training..? Don’t know marched on strength...maybe the full company, but I doubt it. Unless someone else pipes up, I would go to the Australian War Memorial site and type in what you have...or even send them an email asking for translation. Sorry I couldn’t be more help mate.
If you have more questions go ahead and ask them. Sometimes a question will point to the answer to another question. Also if you find the answers elsewhere PLS keep us informed. Odds are someone else will have the same question.
I believe that ‘Marched on Strength’ indicates the day he was recognised as being a member of the unit, or arrived at the unit. It is similar to the British ‘Taken on Strength’ or T.O.S. Also a variation of the note March In. The actual entry reads: Marched in. Taken on Strength. RMT is remount as in Remount Unit. Some additional abbreviations etc. can be explained looking at Military Abbreviations & Acronyms, Australia & NZ. 31.8.42: Entrained for Q(ueensland) Lines of Communication Area. Mark
Some of your organisational questions may be answered reading this Wikipedia page: Australian Army during World War II - Wikipedia. Mark
Thanks for having a look at this for me Mark as you said it often leads to more questions. I do know he was involved with some military training or the like before he was old enough to join. Thanks for the links as well. Brian
Thanks for you help on this guys. Whilst I was searching I found this in the war memorial which is very handy, here's the link if anyone is interested... Memorial Glossary | The Australian War Memorial