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Hi Susan

Try a post on the Great War Forum. They are likely to be able to help
http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?act=idx

Regards
P

Have you searched for his service records online? The gunners were a pretty big organisation & you may be searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack with finding some clues as to his unit

Good hunting
OY

Good morning BuddysMummy

I'm having another good read of the Australian documents & I think you are correct in the assumption that the first date on page 9 is a transcription error or a badly formed 6 as he couldnt have been posted to a unit 4 months prior to attestation.  The date at the end of that row appears to be 5/3/16

The rest of the dates on that page are all for April & August 1916 which seems to make a sensible chronology.

Yes I am West Berkshire based.

Regards
Paul

That must have been a fantastic find. I'm also so jealous at the access you have to the Australian Government Records. It puts the UK service to shame

I feel though I need to point out one possible error in your post.  I think you may be mistaken on the medals he received as the picture only shows him wearing the MM, BWM & Victory but not the 1914/15 Star which would have been worn between the MM & BWM.

My reading of the final page of 36 documents from the government records states "NO" in the middle of the 1914/15 Medal stamp. Also I would find it hard to comprehend that if he were attested on the 29th July 1915 that he would have completed basic training and travelled to a theatre of war in umder 5 months (although I'm more than happy to be corrected on that fact).

Please dont think I'm knocking his achievements, he was obviously a very brave man and certainly deserved formal recognition of his acts of bravery.

Regards
Paul