Dear "Non-Com."—I was in Syria in January, 1919, with the 15th Light Horse, at a place called Balbic. "Snowy," an Asyrian lad about 12 years of age, used to ...
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Article : 587 wordsThose of our readers who took part in the Great War are invited to tend for publication short accounts of happenings with which they themselves were concerned. The ta[?]es can be ...
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Article : 342 wordsI kept this yarn to myself for years but I can now see the humour of it. There were half-a-dozen of us knocking round Melbourne waiting for country ...
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Article : 80 wordsDear "Non-Com."—Recently one of your correspondents used the term, casual digger. What is the general opinion? Was the digger born a casual cove or not? ...
Article : 142 wordsOur squad was doing physical jerks indoors one wintry morning. One of the exercises was to he on our backs, bend our knees and kick our feet alternately ...
Article : 84 wordsJ.R., Lake Biddy.—I hope show time next year will suit you better, Jack. E.L.W., Dangin.—As requested, I've been "a cobber," and forwarded verses. ...
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Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Thu 14 Dec 1933, Page 2
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