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Offline BonnieDownUnder

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Re: Male name Gus, what is that short for?
« Reply #9 on: Friday 22 August 14 08:41 BST (UK) »
His name appears as Gus Lewis on a WW1 Honour Board in Australia. 
It doesn't show he was KIA / DOW however have found more men than indicated as such, sadly didn't return home.

The HB was unveiled in April 1916 and a newspaper article I found confirms his name is shown so it narrows the search (when he enlisted) but alas, so far no luck.

Thanks to all for input ... any thoughts on where to track next would be appreciated.

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Re: Male name Gus, what is that short for?
« Reply #10 on: Friday 22 August 14 09:18 BST (UK) »
If a first name search draws a blank maybe he had a second christian name that was Gus or could be shortened/changed to Gus. Makes the search a lot broader though.
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Re: Male name Gus, what is that short for?
« Reply #11 on: Friday 22 August 14 11:55 BST (UK) »
Don't forget Fergus.
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Re: Male name Gus, what is that short for?
« Reply #12 on: Friday 22 August 14 12:16 BST (UK) »
All the Guses I have ever known were Anguses.

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Re: Male name Gus, what is that short for?
« Reply #13 on: Friday 22 August 14 12:22 BST (UK) »
One I was at school with was a Malcolm.
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  WILSON;-Wiltshire.
 SOUL;-Gloucestershire.
 SANSUM;-Berkshire-Wiltshire
 BASSON-BASTON;- Berkshire,- Oxfordshire.
 BRIDGES;- Wiltshire.
 DOWDESWELL;-Wiltshire,Gloucestershire
 JORDAN;- Berkshire.
 COX;- Berkshire.
 GOUDY;- Suffolk.
 CHATFIELD;-Sussex-- London
 MORGAN;-Blaenavon-Abersychan
 FISHER;- Berkshire.
 BLOMFIELD-BLOOMFIELD-BLUMFIELD;-Suffolk.
DOVE. Essex-London
YOUNG-Berkshire
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Re: Male name Gus, what is that short for?
« Reply #14 on: Friday 22 August 14 12:24 BST (UK) »
And another I know his name is Eddie.
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  WILSON;-Wiltshire.
 SOUL;-Gloucestershire.
 SANSUM;-Berkshire-Wiltshire
 BASSON-BASTON;- Berkshire,- Oxfordshire.
 BRIDGES;- Wiltshire.
 DOWDESWELL;-Wiltshire,Gloucestershire
 JORDAN;- Berkshire.
 COX;- Berkshire.
 GOUDY;- Suffolk.
 CHATFIELD;-Sussex-- London
 MORGAN;-Blaenavon-Abersychan
 FISHER;- Berkshire.
 BLOMFIELD-BLOOMFIELD-BLUMFIELD;-Suffolk.
DOVE. Essex-London
YOUNG-Berkshire
ARDEN.
PINEGAR-COLLIER-HUGHES-JEFFERIES-HUNT-MOSS-FRY

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Re: Male name Gus, what is that short for?
« Reply #15 on: Friday 22 August 14 12:25 BST (UK) »
Quote from: youngtug on Friday 22 August 14 12:22 BST (UK)
One I was at school with was a Malcolm.

Haha - no accounting for some things, is there?
I knew a Graham Pearson, who was universally known as Toddy. No idea why.

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Re: Male name Gus, what is that short for?
« Reply #16 on: Friday 22 August 14 12:27 BST (UK) »
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Re: Male name Gus, what is that short for?
« Reply #17 on: Friday 22 August 14 12:46 BST (UK) »
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1638906/

Could the link above be him?
Augustus Hubert Neville Lewis
Jones, Gordon, Whelan, Power, Burrows,
 Crouch, Brissenden, Davison, Vickers
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