grandfather killed in italy

Tracey -
To try and trace your Father's medical team or what he was suffering from is an almost impossible task as the medics think that everyone would faint if they they told
the relatives what was wrong.....they are ALL like that - so save your strength - all I can say is that I too was wounded 17th September near Coriano - spent some time at the CCS - Ancona - shipped down to Bari - on a hospital Ship bound for England BUT - they found a surgeon who did skin grafts - so I was thrown off at Catania for surgery etc- rotten lot - I was back amongst it again in the January '45 .....so who was he with to be hit by a Tiger ?

Cheers

 

hi,can anyone help? I,m trying to trace the last whereabouts of my granddad before he died.Douglas Leslie Donachie,14305917,gunner 88HAA.DOD 3.3.1944,buried at bari .I have been unable to trace where he actually served during his time with the 88HAA.i sent for his death certificate hoping this may help,casualty of war,place of death Italy was all this gave me.sent for service records,found that he was with the BNAF in dec 1943 serving with 281/ 88HAA but cant figure out where. any information would help plan my trip to Italy this year.cheers steve.

 

Hello Steve

Another thread on here about 88 HAA
http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/46480-88th-heavy-anti-aircraft-regiment-royal-artillery/


Lesley

Edit: Steve I see you started a thread about this in January 2013
http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/45220-grandfather-killed-in-italy/?hl=88haa

 

many thanks Lesley,some useful information there.

 

yes I did Lesley,been researching best I can,bit by bit.had no help from relatives,never known them so had to start from scratch.getting there slowly tho.

 

Sorry for the duplicate thread owen.not very good with pc,s im afraid.hope I havnt wasted anyones time.i didn't have service records before so didn't now my grandfather was with 281 battery for a while.hope to move on a bit further with my research now.could do with grandfathers war diaries.any help out there?

 

Hi Steve,

The younger brother and sister of your grandfather are still alive and living in Portchester in Hampshire. Gladys(my mother) and Reg, Steve died a few years ago now, but his children live in Portsmouth. Your brother Mark has my emails details as he contacted me when researching the family tree on Genes Reunited.

Regards

Sheila

 

hi Sheila,soz for not replying sooner,not been on for a while.unfortunately I don't have a brother called mark,so I cant email you.you have the right steve tho! I have wrote to reginalds son and had a nice letter back.he couldn't provide any further information though.perhaps you can?

 

Coincidently I copied this the other week and it doesn't look like I'll get paid for it Hope it helps

 

many thanks drew,cant make all of it out.any chance you could send it me.let me know how much I owe you.