Thread: Clark & Tait properties all sold.

Originally Posted by Saitch

There is a 'Summer Hill', roughly in the centre of an imaginary triangle using Longreach, Aramac and Muttaburra as points.



Good luck.

Was just looking thru some paperwork sent to me by the AWM, on my Grand Father. When he joined the AIF in 1916, his occupation was listed as Stockman, and the town listed was Aramac. Funny how these things turn out. EDIT. the paperwork reads ' near the town of Aramac.' Going to get onto the Stockman's Hall of Fame to see if they have a nominal list of stockmen from that era. Funny if he was working in the vicinity of Summer hill.

Reading thru the certificate of medical examination that every volunteer had prior to selection into the AIF, it reads;

I have examined the above named person, and find that he does not present with any of the following conditions, viz ;

Scrofula ; phthisis ; syphilis ; impaired constitution ; defective intelligence ; defects of vision, voice or hearing ; hernia ; haemorrhoids ; varicose veins, beyond a limited extent ; marked varicocele with unusual pendant testicle ; inveterate cutaneous disease ; chronic ulcers ; traces of corporal punishment, or evidence of having been marked with the letters D or B.C. ; contracted or deformed chest ; abnormal curvature of spine ; or any other disease or physical defect calculated to unfit him for the duties of a soldier.

I consider him fit for active service.
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Traces of corporal punishment?
The letters D or B.C. ? [ any idea what that means]

Bit different to what Dad said about enlistment in WW2. Two good legs, two good arms, two good eyes, half a brain, you are in Son!.[ I'm sure it was tongue in cheek.]

Originally Posted by bob10

Reading thru the certificate of medical examination that every volunteer had prior to selection into the AIF, it reads;

I have examined the above named person, and find that he does not present with any of the following conditions, viz ;

Scrofula ; phthisis ; syphilis ; impaired constitution ; defective intelligence ; defects of vision, voice or hearing ; hernia ; haemorrhoids ; varicose veins, beyond a limited extent ; marked varicocele with unusual pendant testicle ; inveterate cutaneous disease ; chronic ulcers ; traces of corporal punishment, or evidence of having been marked with the letters D or B.C. ; contracted or deformed chest ; abnormal curvature of spine ; or any other disease or physical defect calculated to unfit him for the duties of a soldier.

I consider him fit for active service.
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Traces of corporal punishment?
The letters D or B.C. ? [ any idea what that means]

Bit different to what Dad said about enlistment in WW2. Two good legs, two good arms, two good eyes, half a brain, you are in Son!.[ I'm sure it was tongue in cheek.]

D = Deserter; B.C. = Bad Character. Tattoos were used for such markings in 'The good ol' Days'!

Originally Posted by bob10

Reading thru the certificate of medical examination that every volunteer had prior to selection into the AIF, it reads;

I have examined the above named person, and find that he does not present with any of the following conditions, viz ;

Scrofula ; phthisis ; syphilis ; impaired constitution ; defective intelligence ; defects of vision, voice or hearing ; hernia ; haemorrhoids ; varicose veins, beyond a limited extent ; marked varicocele with unusual pendant testicle ; inveterate cutaneous disease ; chronic ulcers ; traces of corporal punishment, or evidence of having been marked with the letters D or B.C. ; contracted or deformed chest ; abnormal curvature of spine ; or any other disease or physical defect calculated to unfit him for the duties of a soldier.

I consider him fit for active service.
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Traces of corporal punishment?
The letters D or B.C. ? [ any idea what that means]

Bit different to what Dad said about enlistment in WW2. Two good legs, two good arms, two good eyes, half a brain, you are in Son!.[ I'm sure it was tongue in cheek.]

And if the volunteer suffered from any or all of those conditions he was sent for officer training.

Two of my relatives in the 1st. AIF were hospitalised with a venereal disease according to their on-line records. One showed it as being acquired at a "native brothel, Port Said". In his later years this one was a toffee nosed old bible banger. VD apparently was quite common amongst the troops overseas.

Originally Posted by Saitch

D = Deserter; B.C. = Bad Character. Tattoos were used for such markings in 'The good ol' Days'!

Thanks, I guess corporal punishment is a good whipping, A La the cat. The good old days. It's amazing that the First AIF was a completely volunteer Army. Even after two referendums on the matter. And what is even more so is that the soldiers in France voted against conscription, in any form .

I note that they didn't mention the Trigger Finger being in good nick.



But they probably thought one couldn't die with that. Not 'arf.

quote..on many of them you could drive for 100 miles (160 km) and not get off the property!...unquote

just 2 weeks ago I drove 80km across Anna Ck in South Australia to meet the manager again and see his new yards he is building.

He is building 19 new yards as it is cheaper to do that and healthier on the cattle to do "short" musters.

Funny that the Kidman Cattle company who owned Anna Ck a few years ago didnt believe in this , nor the water management that the new owners , The Williams Cattle Company empl0y. The previous owners also said they wouldn't find any more water.....they did....Plenty.

btw the 80kn drive was just to get to the new yards , not the property boundaries.