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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Stone H C 2nd Air Mechanic 2556 Harold Charles AFC No 1 draft 27 Engine driver Married Bap

Address: Flemington, Brixton St, 7, “Aringa”

Next of Kin: Stone, Sarah Selina, Mrs, wife, “Aringa”, 7 Brixton St, Flemington

Enlisted: 26 Oct 1917

Embarked: SS Indarra 26 Nov 1917

Relatives on Active Service:

Stone E A Pte 2726 brother

Adams-M-Pte--1903 nephew

Material in the Manuscripts collection SLV – diary, etc.

Title: Letter, [1918?] [manuscript]
Contents/Summary: Letter to his wife, Sadie [i.e. Sarah], written from France, on a sliver of wood from a German aircraft made into the shape of a postcard.
Biographical/Historical note: Harold Charles Stone, an engine driver of Flemington, Vic., enlisted on 26 Oct. 1917; worked as an air mechanic with the Australian Flying Corps; repatriated to Australia on 6 May 1919.

Title: Diary and reminiscences, 1917-1918. [manuscript]
Contents/Summary: Diary, written beginning the day he sailed from Melbourne on the S.S. Indarra and while serving with the Australian Flying Corps; and reminiscences entitled "Diary" but written at a later date as a continuous narrative.

THE FLYING CORPS.

HOW AN AEROPLANE MAKES AN ASCENT.

Second Air Mechanic H. C. Stone, writing to his mother, Mrs. G. C. Stone, of "Hopetoun," 5 Harding street, Ascot Vale, says: --"We have a fine lot of pilots in our flight, and they are very eager. Some times we get up at 2 a.m. to get them off. After being woke by the guard, we arrive at the hangar and get the "buses" out with the wheels "chocked"; by the time the pilots have arrived in their warm flying suits, helmets and goggles, and mount their "buses." The engine mechanic gets on to the prop, and after the pilot is ready the mechanic says. "Switch off, petrol on, sir," and the pilot repeats the words, after the petrol runs out the mechanic swings the engine about 20 times round to suck the petrol into the cylinders and says, "Petrol off, sir." After the pilot repeats the words, the petrol is turned off and everything is ready to start. "Contact, sir," says the mechanic, who swings the prop round and steps out of the way, while the machine fires up. After testing the machine on the ground to get the 1200 revolutions, the chocks are pulled away and the aeroplane ascends.

THE FLYING CORPS. (1918, October 24). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved August 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607468