Ypres - Lucky escape from a German Sniper
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Topic: Ypres - Lucky escape from a German Sniper
Posted By: terrylee
Subject: Ypres - Lucky escape from a German Sniper
Date Posted: November 08 2018 at 2:56am
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With the centenary of the Armistice rapidly approaching, perhaps it is an appropriate time to record an experience of my father's shortly before the First World War ended. As a boy I remembering him mentioning the incident and I found this among his papers following his death.   |
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Posted By: Zed
Date Posted: November 08 2018 at 4:30am
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Thank's for posting your Father's experience. a very lucky man indeed! ------------- It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice! |
Posted By: Pukka Bundook
Date Posted: November 08 2018 at 5:41am
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Very nice read, Terry, and Very nice you have this document! Also very nice you had a father, as you nearly didn't! An old acquaintance of mine carried a bullet in the bottom of his heart, from 1916 until he died in I believe 1982. Got it on the Somme. Went through his arm, dog -tag attached to his braces, broke a rib and lodged in his heart. He had X-rays showing it. Bert Hartley was a gamekeeper from Thurlby, bottom of Sutton Bank. Could walk the legs off you! Thanks again for this Terry. Richard.
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Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: November 08 2018 at 7:04am
| I've read a lot about the fighting/living conditions of WW1. Only a true sense of duty and love of country would keep the brave personnel in the trenches. God bless... |
Posted By: smerdon42
Date Posted: November 08 2018 at 3:36pm
| Great story we will remember them .if you can get hold of his military file they are some times a great read , i had great uncles in 55th ,58th and 14th ALH in the first AIF their files are an awesome snapshot of who they where . All 3 where brothers but un aware of each other as enlisted in 3 different states of Australia. |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: November 08 2018 at 4:52pm
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Good history there, smerdon42! Thanks for sharing that. ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: smerdon42
Date Posted: November 08 2018 at 5:06pm
| Canuck it is always funny to find out that a bunch of diggers , got shot wounded and sent to hospital only to catch a dose of VD from some French whorehouse . Those Aussie diggers where always getting into trouble . |