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www.awm.gov.au > Biographical Databases> Nominal Rolls > Boer War
Nominal Roll
Enter the name Waite and click on search. Find out in which contingents,
Corporal and subsequently Lieutenant W.C.N. (William Charles Nightingale)
Waite served?
1 (MNTD RIFLES) CNTGNT and 6 (IMPERIAL) CNTGNT
(9) During the First World War, Lieutenant Colonel Waite served as an
artillery officer at Gallipoli and on the Western Front (France and
Belgium), where he won a number of military honours. By accessing the
Australian War Memorial website at
www.awm.gov.au > Biographical Databases > Honours and Awards > Honours
and Awards (Recommendations: First World War)
Enter his surname and click on search. Locate the record for W.C.N. (William
Charles Nightingale) Waite. Click on the recommendation to find out why he
won the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).
The recommendation reads “For specially meritorious service and devotion to duty as
an Artillery Group Commander in FRANCE, from June 1916 to February 25 th 1917”
and then provides further details of the achievements of the artillery battery under his
command.
Teachers note: Teachers may wish to explain that accurate and timely artillery fire
was crucial to the success or failure of most large scale attacks on enemy positions
during World War I. Techniques for firing artillery improved throughout the war and
the process of planning artillery support became extremely sophisticated. This
generally involved many types of guns firing simultaneously to provide defensive
barrages for advancing troops and to bombard a range of enemy targets. These
included enemy artillery positions, which could be detected by the flashes that
emanated from their barrels when they were fired.
(10) One surname that appears five times on the large Burnside Council
Honour Roll is Sando. Two of the soldiers, S.J and L.H Sando, have a cross
next to their names. By accessing the Australian War Memorial’s website
at
www.awm.gov.au > Biographical Databases > Roll Of Honour
Enter the name Sando, select First World War, 1914 -1918 and ‘click’ on search.
Locate the records of these two men and from the ‘Circular Information” find
out the following;
What age was he Sydney Joseph Sando when he lost his life?
19 years and 10 months
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