Comments for 56th Battalion AIF http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com Unit history project Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:46:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on About the project by Mick Martin http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/about/#comment-138 Mick Martin Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:46:46 +0000 #comment-138 Thanks Craig! Thanks Craig!

]]> Comment on About the project by Craig Tibbitts http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/about/#comment-137 Craig Tibbitts Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:25:52 +0000 #comment-137 Hi Mick, thanks for contacting us. Still no firm idea of exactly when the book will be published. We are still writing, but the plan is that we aim to finish by the end of this year (or perhaps by the end of January). We then would have to go through the editing, proofing and production processes, and I’m not sure how long this will take. I would venture a guess at it being published sometime in the second half of 2010. I really hope so anyway. It won’t be published via the AWM, rather it will be part of the <a href="http://www.cambridge.org/aus/series/sSeries.asp?code=AAH" rel="nofollow">Australian Army History Series</a>, which these days goes via Cambridge University Press. Cheers, Craig. Hi Mick, thanks for contacting us.

Still no firm idea of exactly when the book will be published. We are still writing, but the plan is that we aim to finish by the end of this year (or perhaps by the end of January). We then would have to go through the editing, proofing and production processes, and I’m not sure how long this will take. I would venture a guess at it being published sometime in the second half of 2010. I really hope so anyway.

It won’t be published via the AWM, rather it will be part of the Australian Army History Series, which these days goes via Cambridge University Press.

Cheers,
Craig.

]]> Comment on About the project by Mick Martin http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/about/#comment-136 Mick Martin Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:21:50 +0000 #comment-136 Hi Guys, Just wondering if you have any idea as to when the book will be out? I'm looking forward to it. Is it also being published via the AWM? Mick Hi Guys,

Just wondering if you have any idea as to when the book will be out? I’m looking forward to it.

Is it also being published via the AWM?

Mick

]]> Comment on What did ‘Butcher’ Watt look like? by Craig Tibbitts http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/what-did-%e2%80%98butcher%e2%80%99-watt-look-like/#comment-133 Craig Tibbitts Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:27:43 +0000 http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/?p=159#comment-133 I've just updated this post as it became apparent I had parts of the story wrong and new information has since come to light. It now seems clear that John and Daisy did not have a daughter named Yvonne at all, and that Daisy may have in fact died in 1920. Cheers, Craig. I’ve just updated this post as it became apparent I had parts of the story wrong and new information has since come to light.

It now seems clear that John and Daisy did not have a daughter named Yvonne at all, and that Daisy may have in fact died in 1920.

Cheers,
Craig.

]]> Comment on What did ‘Butcher’ Watt look like? by Craig Tibbitts http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/what-did-%e2%80%98butcher%e2%80%99-watt-look-like/#comment-132 Craig Tibbitts Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:02:27 +0000 http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/?p=159#comment-132 <strong>Breakthrough in the Watt case! </strong> Thanks to the fantastic detective work of Greg Rogers and Mick Reed, I am now in touch with the Watt family. There are indeed a couple of photos of John Watt in WWI uniform and possibly some other papers which I hope to see soon. All going well, I'll post the photo on this blog article later. Cheers, Craig. Breakthrough in the Watt case!

Thanks to the fantastic detective work of Greg Rogers and Mick Reed, I am now in touch with the Watt family. There are indeed a couple of photos of John Watt in WWI uniform and possibly some other papers which I hope to see soon.

All going well, I’ll post the photo on this blog article later.

Cheers,
Craig.

]]> Comment on What did ‘Butcher’ Watt look like? by Mick Reed http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/what-did-%e2%80%98butcher%e2%80%99-watt-look-like/#comment-131 Mick Reed Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:53:08 +0000 http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/?p=159#comment-131 Hi Craig. Following an email from Greg Rogers I tracked down 'Butcher' Watt's grandson (also John Charles Watt) who has sent the following. You should get info via Greg. Cheers Mick Thanks for the email.... Will check out the family records and see what is there.... I have seen a photo of my grandfather in the full military uniform etc... the big question is, at the moment, where is it ??? My uncle Alan James Watt is still going strong in his 80s so if I don't have anything, I will get in touch and see what he has.... I will also advise Greg Rogers about all of this... Thanks for the call/email ! Cheers from the scenic Blue Mountains ! <strong>Editor's response:</strong> Fantastic! Thanks so much to both you and Greg for your valuable help. Regards, Craig. Hi Craig.

Following an email from Greg Rogers I tracked down ‘Butcher’ Watt’s grandson (also John Charles Watt) who has sent the following. You should get info via Greg.

Cheers

Mick

Thanks for the email….

Will check out the family records and see what is there….

I have seen a photo of my grandfather in the full military uniform etc… the big question is, at the moment, where is it ???

My uncle Alan James Watt is still going strong in his 80s so if I don’t have anything, I will get in touch and see what he has….

I will also advise Greg Rogers about all of this…

Thanks for the call/email !

Cheers from the scenic Blue Mountains !

Editor’s response: Fantastic! Thanks so much to both you and Greg for your valuable help.

Regards,
Craig.

]]> Comment on About the authors by Maggie Heffernan http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/authors/#comment-129 Maggie Heffernan Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:05:43 +0000 http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/authors/#comment-129 I have a photo taken c1938 at Liverpool of the 14th Platoon, D Company 56 Battalion. My father is one of the group. Reading the AWM biography of the this Battalion I was surprised to know that it was disbanded after WWI. Can you give me any information about this photo. All I am aware of is that my father told me he was in the Mounted Militia. Regards Maggie Heffernan in Port Macquarie NSW Family Historian <strong>Editor's response: </strong>Hi Maggie, The scope of our book doesn't really cover the post-war militia unit, so I don't know much about it, other than the bare basics. Essentially, the 56th Battalion (AIF) ceased to exist in April 1919. A couple of years later, in 1921, when the AIF was formally disbanded, it's my understanding that many of the unit numbers were passed to militia (CMF) units. Therefore, the Riverina Regiment took of the number 56th. During the Second World War the battalion was employed in various garrison duties in NSW and later WA. Then in July 1944, it was disbanded to provide reinforcements for other divisions already deployed overseas. The 56th was apparently reformed as a reconnaissance battalion in 1956, again being based at Cootamundra. That's about the extent of my knowledge on the CMF 56th. Regards, Craig. I have a photo taken c1938 at Liverpool of the 14th Platoon, D Company 56 Battalion.
My father is one of the group.
Reading the AWM biography of the this Battalion I was surprised to know that it was disbanded after WWI.
Can you give me any information about this photo. All I am aware of is that my father told me he was in the Mounted Militia.

Regards

Maggie Heffernan in Port Macquarie NSW

Family Historian

Editor’s response: Hi Maggie,

The scope of our book doesn’t really cover the post-war militia unit, so I don’t know much about it, other than the bare basics. Essentially, the 56th Battalion (AIF) ceased to exist in April 1919. A couple of years later, in 1921, when the AIF was formally disbanded, it’s my understanding that many of the unit numbers were passed to militia (CMF) units. Therefore, the Riverina Regiment took of the number 56th.

During the Second World War the battalion was employed in various garrison duties in NSW and later WA. Then in July 1944, it was disbanded to provide reinforcements for other divisions already deployed overseas. The 56th was apparently reformed as a reconnaissance battalion in 1956, again being based at Cootamundra.

That’s about the extent of my knowledge on the CMF 56th.

Regards,
Craig.

]]> Comment on Soldier Profile – John Bermingham by Raymond Bermingham http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/soldier-profile-%e2%80%93-john-bermingham/#comment-123 Raymond Bermingham Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:28:14 +0000 http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/?p=140#comment-123 The first picture of my Grandfather John Bermingham pre war is 1900. The first picture of my Grandfather John Bermingham pre war is 1900.

]]> Comment on Soldier Profile – John Bermingham by Raymond Bermingham http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/soldier-profile-%e2%80%93-john-bermingham/#comment-122 Raymond Bermingham Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:32:57 +0000 http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/?p=140#comment-122 The pic of my Grandfather John Bermingham in uniform is Winter 1916. The pic of my Grandfather John Bermingham in uniform is Winter 1916.

]]> Comment on Soldier Profile – John Bermingham by Darren Bermingham http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/soldier-profile-%e2%80%93-john-bermingham/#comment-121 Darren Bermingham Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:23:08 +0000 http://halfhundredweights.wordpress.com/?p=140#comment-121 Hi Craig, I just like to take this opportunity to thank you once again for the brilliant profile you've done on my great grand father, it really is appreciated from me, my father and the rest of the Bermingham Clan. Future generations can look back at this website and see some of the heroes that went through hell, that fought and died horrific deaths. Its people like yourself and the AWM that will keep their spirit alive and well. Thank You Darren Bermingham Hi Craig,
I just like to take this opportunity to thank you once again for the brilliant profile you’ve done on my great grand father, it really is appreciated from me, my father and the rest of the Bermingham Clan. Future generations can look back at this website and see some of the heroes that went through hell, that fought and died horrific deaths. Its people like yourself and the AWM that will keep their spirit alive and well. Thank You

Darren Bermingham

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