tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post67219983620157664..comments2024-03-15T05:09:22.239+10:00Comments on Family Tree Frog: PrizeAlex Dawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-20277581332982534552013-02-07T06:34:19.554+10:002013-02-07T06:34:19.554+10:00Dear Kristin - Thank you for your comment. Ooh an...Dear Kristin - Thank you for your comment. Ooh another type of naval record - I'd like to see an American one. I look forward to reading about your discoveries. AlexAlex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-48510017159233192802013-02-07T06:33:01.474+10:002013-02-07T06:33:01.474+10:00Dear Aillin - Thank you for your comment. I feel...Dear Aillin - Thank you for your comment. I feel a bit frustrated with the naval research actually - some it is very difficult to read - particularly the Australian record - some of it seems to be written in faint pencil. And yes, it was a tragic accident and it is interesting how the family stories seem to make light of it when it must have been so very very sad. Some of the newspaper accounts are very sobering. It was an afternoon ferry so there were some school children aboard. I forgot to mention that Steve Brew has written a book called Greycliffe - Stolen Lives about the disaster as well. AlexAlex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-27715491673867607522013-02-06T14:20:30.914+10:002013-02-06T14:20:30.914+10:00If he was really at the bottom of the bay still re...If he was really at the bottom of the bay still reading the paper maybe it was a blessing he didn't hear the call if he still would have been killed. I guess I have to read the links to find out the details. Very interesting. Maybe even more so since I spent yesterday piecing together my great uncles USA navy record.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-86620142972092661822013-02-06T10:04:41.405+10:002013-02-06T10:04:41.405+10:00Alex, you've obvious done a lot of research in...Alex, you've obvious done a lot of research into the Navy records, well done. How tragic that Edwin may not have heard any calls of alarm :(<br />A O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420277609206963374noreply@blogger.com