Imperial ex-service men ate invited to a meeting at the Soldiers' Institute on Thursday. May 5. at 8 p.m. to inaugurate the new sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' ...
Article : 404 wordsThose of our readers who took Dart in the Grest War are invited to send for [?]tion short accounts of happenings with which they themselves were cono[?]ned. The tales can be ...
Article : 75 wordsThere is a marked revival of sentiment among tbe ex-service men in Western Australia, and sub-brandies of the Returned Soldiers' League and unit associations are displaying more interest in their affairs than ever before. The foundation on which these organisations are built is comradeship, and the old ...
Article : 130 wordsWhen the Portuguese stampeded in April, 1918, our division did a forced march into the line that day. ...
Article : 265 wordsThe State president of the R.S.L. (Colonel H. B. Collett) gave a remarkably [?]ine address at the Anzac service on the Esplanade. I will reproduce one ...
Article : 181 wordsPierre Gauthier he said was his name. He was a bright little chap about ll or 12 years old. He sat down with our old platoon and had a helping of army stew. ...
Article : 295 wordsOne of the greatest problems of billet life in France was to find sufficient fuel for a decent fire on freezing nights. It was much too cold to go to bed without ...
Article : 262 wordsDear Non.-Com."—Yours of Thursday last, "Write to-night." Behold. I'm doing it. Do I read the "minutes"? No, I. don't. Open confession is good for the ...
Article : 171 wordsRobert Owens, on April 17; late 16th Battalion, A.I.F., and member of Mount HawthorneNorth Leederville sub-branch, ...
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Article : 201 wordsDear "Non-Com.,"—Re "Lawrence's Bodyguard" in "The Western Mail" of April 7. While a member of the Imperial Camel Corps, I was sent across country ...
Article : 278 wordsFor details concerning the "Miss Westralia" All-Wool Frock Contest, promoted by the State executive of the R.S.L., see page ...
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Article : 375 wordsNo matter what duties a man was required for—carpenter, cook, clerk, sanitary fatigues, etc.—Hoppy was always to the fore with his "Just my job! Done ...
Article : 218 wordsSeventeen years ago, in an Egyptian hospital an English soldier acquired the kit of a sick member of the 10th Australian Light Horse. Recently in London the ...
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Advertising : 63 wordsI met Frank Dunn and his wife at the "Miss Perth" show, both very interested in the proceedings. Mrs. Dunn is one of the judges in the "Miss Geraldton" ...
Article : 189 wordsDear "Nbn-Com."—Would you help me to find the address of the mother or father of the late Ralph Disher; killed at Gaza in Palestine. He belonged to the 10th Light ...
Article : 108 wordsGraham Seton Hutchison, D.S.O., M.C., the author of "Footslogger" and "The W Plan," who commanded a machine-gun battalion in France, has some interesting ...
Article : 482 wordsMiss A. L.—Received with much appreciation. The letter enclosed will make a good story, though I may have to condense it a little. But first I will publish your own ...
Article : 120 words"Tibbin" went hunting for relies of past ages in Palestine one day when the Light Horse had not much to do. He found a cai[?], with a hole in the side and burrowed ...
Article : 270 wordsThe British United Services' Association will hold a social and dance at the Soldiers' Institute to-morrow (Friday, April 29) at 8 p.m. Everyone from the Old Country will ...
Article : 94 wordsDear "Non-Com.,"—Can you, or any reader, recommend a short one-act play, or book of short plays suitable for R.S.L. smokes or unit reunions? Price and where ...
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Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Thu 28 Apr 1932, Page 2
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