History
Research
2) Jack, Australian Soldier, the Digger!
3) Jean Berthe - France & Australia
4) Lieutenant Reginald John Hunter - 19 Battalion, AIF
6) Soldiers from Vignacourt to identify
1. A Vignacourt Citizen
Research to find the descendants of this former Vignacourt citizen. According to my first research, he worked for a few years for the municipality. He moved to a township village after the Second World War... (Salouel - Amiens).
David Godard
Photo credit: courtesy of M. Marc Dubus,
Treasurer of the Vignacourt Veterans.
2. Jack, the Australian soldier, the digger:
Jack on the left - Credit photo, private collection.
At the end of the war, Jack the Australian Digger was located at Montigny-le-Tilleul in Belgium before he headed home.
He had just written a few lines to his French friends to inform them that he was in good health before returning to his homeland.
For those who want to continue research... I found in an Australian university this letter below, with similar writing (letters J for Just, t for let... and so on)..
Vignacourt - Outtersteene - Bailleul.... 1916
Just a few lines to let you know that I am still keeping O.K ...
4. Lieutenant Reginald John
Lieutenant Reginald John Hunter: We are searching for a photo of Reginald John.
He was born in Brewarrina, NSW, in 1893. He embarked with his unit from Sydney on June 25 aboard HMAT A40 Ceramic.
Sergeant Hector Norman Hunter, his brother, was killed serving with the 18th Bn on Gallipoli on August 22, 1915. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial.
5. Localization war memorial
Photo credit, courtesy of Mrs. Lenore Frost.
An Australian soldier is on the right of this headstone; the purpose of this research was to locate the place.
This tomb is located in a cemetery in the north, on the border with Belgium. The aspect of this monument evolved over time, perhaps due to bombings during the Second World War, for example.
6. Local soldiers WWI to identify
Soldiers from the Vignacourt village... Maybe Loyer Family, soldier killed during the war...
328th infantry regiment.
51st infantry regiment