margarita
03-08-2008, 11:48 AM
Whilst idly Googling the name of my village here in Crete I came upon this document
"WHEN THE WAR IS OVER – LET THE BATTLE BEGIN"
Prepared and Edited by Paul R London
A post wartime narrative following the exploits of the three-man 1st New Zealand Searcher Party on Crete
hich I thought may be of interest to anyone who had lost New Zealand relatives in Crete during WWII.
The Personnel of the New Zealand Searcher Party (Crete) were:
Office in Charge: Captain Ronald N Griggs Service No 81715 (formerly 2021)
Driver-Batman: Private Colin W Smithy Smith Service No 443463
Clerk: Trooper John Martin Service No 445490
Various other service personnel are listed as being missing or dead.
The document describes an aspect of the aftermath of war which, I admit, I had never really thought about - locating the bodies of service men who had died in battle.
There are also some photographs of the Souda Bay War Cemetery taken in 1946 and 1981.
There is no website for the document but you can find it by Googling
"WHEN THE WAR IS OVER – LET THE BATTLE BEGIN"
Regards,
maggie
Note to Moderators:
I wasn't sure whether to put this under New Zealand Genealogy or WWII - please move it if you think it's necessary.
"WHEN THE WAR IS OVER – LET THE BATTLE BEGIN"
Prepared and Edited by Paul R London
A post wartime narrative following the exploits of the three-man 1st New Zealand Searcher Party on Crete
hich I thought may be of interest to anyone who had lost New Zealand relatives in Crete during WWII.
The Personnel of the New Zealand Searcher Party (Crete) were:
Office in Charge: Captain Ronald N Griggs Service No 81715 (formerly 2021)
Driver-Batman: Private Colin W Smithy Smith Service No 443463
Clerk: Trooper John Martin Service No 445490
Various other service personnel are listed as being missing or dead.
The document describes an aspect of the aftermath of war which, I admit, I had never really thought about - locating the bodies of service men who had died in battle.
There are also some photographs of the Souda Bay War Cemetery taken in 1946 and 1981.
There is no website for the document but you can find it by Googling
"WHEN THE WAR IS OVER – LET THE BATTLE BEGIN"
Regards,
maggie
Note to Moderators:
I wasn't sure whether to put this under New Zealand Genealogy or WWII - please move it if you think it's necessary.