Trying to Locate where my Relative served in Belgium
Hello,
I have just joined this forum and I'm wondering if anyone can help me locate where a relative served during World War 1.
He was working with the 5th Australian Broadgauge Railway Operations Company (also called 59th when he served in 1917). I have his war diary and I am pretty sure he was near the Third Battle of Ypres since in his diary he mentions "the big push" on 31st July.
On Sunday, 22nd July, he and four others visited an aerodrome to see all the "flying machines" and on the same day visited the "King of Belgium's country residence". In his diary he says he's in Perelkock, but no such place exists. It could be an anglicism of a Belgium name since he wrote Audruicq as Audruick.
He is being bombed regularly by "Taubes" by "Fritz" (obviously the germans).
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you could email your reponses that would be fantastic - just remove and replace the obvious marks in the email address below. Thank you so much
Lynda
alcalder_at_ozemail_dot_com_dot_au
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