Cassino

Discussion in 'Italy' started by Kiwiazza, Sep 23, 2005.

  1. Kiwiazza

    Kiwiazza Member

    Hi Everybody,

    My Grandmothers brother was seriously wounded at Cassino. He was in the 25th Battalion of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. His wounds were so serious he was left for dead with a bottle of whiskey for pain killer. But then a NZ doctor found him and patched him up. He was very luck to survive and beared the scars of his wounds for many years.

    My question is does anyone know the activities of the25th battalion from about the 1st of March 1944 up until he was wounded, on the 18th.

    If anyone reading this fought in the battle of Cassino, I would very much like to hear of your experience.

    Thanks for any info provided.

    regards kiwi.
     
  2. Kiwiwriter

    Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member

    Kiwiazza, the official history of the 25th Battalion is now on the web, at

    http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-corpus-WH2.html

    That will enable you to pull up, for free, the volume for the 25th Battalion, and the volume for the Cassino battle. 25th is one of the few volumes I do not have. have 31 of the volumes.

    Also check the volumes on Medical Services in Italy.

    What's the guy's name? I just pulled up the web page myself to copy the link.
     
  3. Kiwiazza

    Kiwiazza Member

    Hi kiwiwriter,

    Thanks for the response. What a wonderful website nzetc is. Heaps of info. My Great Uncles name was John William Barnes, everyone called him Jack. Like I say his wounds were quite serious, he was hit by shrapnel in the head/neck and right side shoulder. His right arm was almost severed clean off his body. They had to basically re build his right shoulder. His arm was in a cast for two years afterwards.He was also deaf for the rest of his life as a result of his wounds.

    I will check the medical volume as per your suggestion and see if that brings anything to light.

    There was also another brother, a James Alton Barnes. He was wounded and taken prisoner at Crete in 1941. I will use the nzetc website for info on him as well. He was in the Divisional Cavalry.

    Anyway thanks again kiwi writer and I will keep you updated with my little projects Im putting together all the stories from my family regarding the wars. i think its very important taht its all written down and receorded. Otherwise the stories will be lost.

    cheers azza.
     
  4. Kiwiwriter

    Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member

    Originally posted by Kiwiazza@Sep 23 2005, 03:26 PM
    Hi kiwiwriter,

    Thanks for the response. What a wonderful website nzetc is. Heaps of info. My Great Uncles name was John William Barnes, everyone called him Jack. Like I say his wounds were quite serious, he was hit by shrapnel in the head/neck and right side shoulder. His right arm was almost severed clean off his body. They had to basically re build his right shoulder. His arm was in a cast for two years afterwards.He was also deaf for the rest of his life as a result of his wounds.

    I will check the medical volume as per your suggestion and see if that brings anything to light.

    There was also another brother, a James Alton Barnes. He was wounded and taken prisoner at Crete in 1941. I will use the nzetc website for info on him as well. He was in the Divisional Cavalry.

    Anyway thanks again kiwi writer and I will keep you updated with my little projects Im putting together all the stories from my family regarding the wars. i think its very important taht its all written down and receorded. Otherwise the stories will be lost.

    cheers azza.
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    Glad that page could help. Check the POW volume for your uncle, James ALton Barnes. That will have a lot about where he went, at the very least.

    Div Cav is the rarest volume of the series. Fortunately for our pocketbooks, it's on the web.

    Let me know how this comes out.
     

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