I think it was just the smileyface emoji and nothing else written as a reply, your having requoted the bit where I had said about James being imprisoned while serving in the Indian Service, the latter 2 words of which you had highlighted. Still, let's forget all the wrangling, eh? Life's too short.
Perhaps if you were to check your Opening Post, and then read the replies that follow, up to and including my posts at reply nos #4 and #9 you will notice they are part of an ongoing 'conversation' ... so by reply #5, you write re the other James Craven marriage for 1944 ... 'Actually, forget that; I should try and find out when James was freed by the Japanese as 1944 was probably too early for him ... got out of the Army ...."
You will notice Ros at reply #7 mentions RAN .... as in Royal Australian Navy .... but your OP already noted he was a Commissioned Officer in the Indian Service, and imprisoned Changi...
You will notice Cando at reply #8 (and less than half an hour after Ros #7) has found your James, giving you a) his DoB, b) his relationship to Eve, and c) noting the chap that Ros found at #7 was not a POW, and provides a live link to the WWII nominal roll summary.
I was next to reply, and somehow, hours later, and several posts later, Ros has mis-interpreted my reply, and then later, you have offered an explanation for Ros' post in respect of mine. Meanwhile, Ros has not responded to my direct question.
I am concerned. You see, the smiley I used is NOT a smiley to do with 'amuse' or to entertain, or to indicate the poster is attempting 'humour' .... That smiley is perhaps based on the first smiley design ever.... It is usual to accept that smiley (
) as
the smiley for friendly greetings of a general nature. RChat offers other smileys including:
Wink, Cheesy, Grin, Angry, Sad, Shocked, Cool, Huh, ....I leave it to you to go through them all...
Anyway, your reply comments on my emphasis on the words I quoted from your OP... I fail to understand why you determined that I was critical of your abbreviated expression re Indian Service ... it is an expression that family history buffs of long standing would use or be familiar with in respect of POW research from WWII.
Ros replied at #10, and that particular reply initially read 'Yes I realised that this was a different James .... " And several hours later, that post was modified to read "Yes Cando I realised that this was ....", hence my post #17 where I asked Ros to please stop editing this post.
But back to the find by Cando re your James.
Cando at reply #11 finds his Military year info and notes it requires a subscription. So, from reply #8 finding your chap's dob and then #9 noting Indian Service and #11 finding there's a subscription site with further info ...
Ros continues to post info at #12 which is not to do with the chap or his wife mentioned in the OP or at #5 where we learn we are not needed to seek out other sightings of other CRAVEN families. However, Ros does ADD to that post "lots more to be found but I'll wait until Lydiann tells us whether it is relevant" ...
I now mention that I have not found where anyone else posted on this thread in respect of those other Craven sightings ...
I again mention also that after I had posted at #9, Ros posted twice more, before THREE HOURS after my #9, Ros then posted at #13 wondering why I thought this was funny and writing that I had a strange sense of humour .... I NOTE that by asking 'WHY' it was Ros who presumed that I thought it was funny.
I have posted asking Ros to explain her post, #14 "Why do you consider I thought it funny" to which Ros replied #15 "I have no idea - it doesn't seen funny to me in any context". I leave it to you to read my response to that (#16).
Throughout all those posts, Cando and sparrett kept seeking the actual document that Cando had noted back at #11. At reply #22 Cando gives further info about the couple who were ought to have been looking for.
I now note that Ros has been online quite recently, but has not posted on this thread. I also note that I have received a PM from an RChatter who has NOT posted on this thread, and who is rarely online. They mention that back around 13/14 May THIS YEAR, they used the R2M button and a Moderator removed an entire post from a thread. It seems the post was extremely nasty and directed to me. I am aware of other posts where Ros has hectored me, or given me instruction to order a particular NSW BDM document or demanded I apologise.
I have checked and I advise that on my 'Ignore List' there are THREE RChatters, including rosball.
I agree that Life's too short ... and I add, there's no need to hector anyone ever.
I note you have completed the Thread.
JM
