What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?

Paul Marx said:
Tens of thousands of men are still missing. 45 000 missing around the town of Ypres.
Hundreds are dug up every year.
Not to mention tons of munitions including many mustard gas shells.
Drinking water is regularly polluted by by products of explosives.

If you pass this way, go to Fromelles where inexperience Australian soldiers were pitted against seasoned German troops.

Battle of Fromelles | Australian War Memorial

www.awm.gov.au www.awm.gov.au
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So sad. My great uncle on my mother's family's side who. as an 18 year old and was in the Middlesex Regiment, lasted 3 days after arriving at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli and died on 19th August 1915. RIP Private 3334 James Ridley
 
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RGS1000RGS said:
So sad. My great uncle on my mother's family's side who. as an 18 year old and was in the Middlesex Regiment, lasted 3 days after arriving at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli in 2015.
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😳 1915?

My grandfather was infantry and did 1914 through 1918. I have a copy of his war records and it reads that he got pinged for being AWOL, not long after he was shot in the arse (buttock according to the record), and was due to return from his billets, but rocked up late.

From that, I presume, the French took those with non critical wounds into their homes while they recovered. Then back to the front for another crack (pardon pun)
 
chrisk said:
😳 1915?

My grandfather was infantry and did 1914 through 1918. I have a copy of his war records and it reads that he got pinged for being AWOL, not long after he was shot in the arse (buttock according to the record), and was due to return from his billets, but rocked up late.

From that, I presume, the French took those with non critical wounds into their homes while they recovered. Then back to the front for another crack (pardon pun)
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A very romanced view.
Most towns in Northern France were flattened, so not many homes to take in wounded soldiers.
This is an ariel view of Pozières village in 1916, where Corinne and I stopped for lunch.
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War was back just over two decades later. Just the time needed to grow fresh men.

Paul
 
Rode the Jota out to the Dugandan for lunch with the fellow carburettor mob.

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spot Bryan's chain-drive XS 1.1 That thing goes. He also has a Zane 750S. nuff said...
New tyres on my Jota have got it steering sweet as 😁
 

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300km return trip to hook up with the Vic boys in Noojee. Big trees out that way. Great country to add longevity to your tyres - nary a straight piece of road all day - might wear the sides out first! (finally got it downloaded the right way up! took 5 goes of rotating in Preview!)

Interestingly, my little Eclipse charge light started flashing green-red-green-red about five minutes after leaving the beach house in Walkerville on a 4 or 5 hour ride ... which means 'overcharging, reg faulty'. Rather than bail and go straight back I turned on the headlights and it went back into happy mode 'green'. Stayed that way for the duration and will hopefully get me the 200km back home to Melbourne. I've been waiting for the very old Kwaka ND reg in the alternator to go belly up. Have an RM Stator unit ready to install back in the shed.

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Set up for oil fill - litre at a time with a jug less stressful - strainer was clean - new sealing washer - valve guide slightly wet - for some reason I can’t get the photos the right way up 😁
 

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