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Hello, While going through my collection of foreign banknotes I found a 10 shilling Australian short snorter with one legible signature: I thought it would be a nice gesture to try to find descendants of the soldier and offer to give them the bill as a memento. The problem is I can't seem to find any information about the man. The bill was signed on November 1944 in New Guinea so I assume the man was an American although I suppose he might have been a member of another Allied army. Any suggestions? BTW the man's name was James F. Laverty.
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@rm8780, first welcome to CCF. Second, I'm going to recommend to the mods that your thread be moved to the area that generally deals with world banknotes and paper money so that we can get the right eyes on your questions.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Sorry, As a new member is was afraid I might be posting in the wrong category. Thanks for the help!
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Pillar of the Community
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Hi there robertm8780 can you post a picture of the banknote?  |
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Captain James Franklin Laverty was a Flight Officer with the 372nd Bomb Squadron that was on New Guinea in 1944. Ancestry.com records show that he died in 1980. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. None of the Ancestry.com family trees show him with any descendants.
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I'm still not very familiar with the forum so I'm not sure if I can reply directly to someone's post. I'm also trying to figure out how to post a picture as there are other signatures that someone might be able to decipher-I'm sure I'll be able to figure it out eventually. As for Captain James Franklin Laverty of the 372nd Bomb Squadron, he certainly seems to fit the bill (no pun intended) but thanks very much for the help! A pity he doesn't seem to have any descendants.
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I'm still not very familiar with the forum so I'm not sure if I can reply directly to someone's post Not really direct, but if you want to quote... If you are using the Quick Reply box... 1. Type [qu
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3. Then type [/qu If you are using the Reply to Topic link... 1. Paste the text you want to quote 2. Highlight it 3. Then press the 'Insert Quote' button:  So this... [qu ote]Quoted Text[/qu ote] Looks like this... Quote:
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Pillar of the Community
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The other names on the note may confirm that the signatures are members of 372nd BS.
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"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Here is a link to the tutorial: Forgot to post that part. Thanks!  |
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Nice banknote robertm8780, a cool piece of history  |
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Nice example!  |
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Thomas Astin and John W Mays Jr. also served in the 372nd BS.
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