My main focus for the moment is understanding his movements around the Middle East during 1942-3 before being posted in Kos.
Mission almost impossible without extensive research at the National Archives and elsewhere. I should explain.
Unlike, say, an infantry battalion or a tank regiment, those doing the actual fighting, the war histories of less glamorous but no less valuable units particularly in the support services, are not well documented. There are some war diaries for the units he was with but typically they do not mention individual soldiers and at best are listings of "sent 27 lorries to x" or "headquarters moved to y". That may be useful for giving an idea of whereabouts in the desert his company was working but there is no way of knowing which of the 40 or so vehicles he was working with so a war diary is most likely to be a waste of money.
My suggestion would be to read what you can on the campaign in North Africa, concentrating on Sep 42 to Aug 43.
In essence, there is only so far one can go with on-line sources so how much deeper you go depends on how deep your pockets are and how prepared for disappointment you are. I've trawled the RLC archive (successor to the RASC) and have looked for mentions of the various companies on a more specialised site - without real success.
Meanwhile, I am still attempting to confirm which divisions the various companies were with and also trying to clarify more about the Kos/Leros period. More when I have it.
Sorry to be gloomy but that is the way is. All that said, lady luck might just find a Rootschat member whose granddad also served in one of the units and who left a story of his experiences behind!
MaxD
