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  2. Personal War Tales.

    Those of our readers who took part in the Great War are invited to send for publication short accounts of happenings with which they themselves were concerned. The tales can be ...

    Article : 74 words
  3. A DIGGER'S DIARY

    There is a marked revival of sentiment among the ex-service men in Western Australia, and sub-branches 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 : 258 words
  4. The Night of August 4, 1914.

    Dear "Non-Corn."—I am not quite sure that any other night of my life, even including some desperately memorable ones on the old Western Front, stands out ...

    Article : 801 words
  5. The "Babblers."

    Dear "Non-Com."—It is quite nice to see almost every branch of the Services represented from time to time on the Red Page, including t' Lancashire ...

    Article : 361 words
  6. THE WEEK'S BEST YARN.

    For years every man and woman who served in the war must have found food for conversation in conjecture as to how they would celebrate the end of the war ...

    Article : 267 words
  7. The Long Arm of Coincidence.

    Dear "Non-Corn."—How is this for the long arm of coincidence? When I was hit at Villers Brett, I was helped into a field ambulance by two ...

    Article : 276 words
  8. WAR GRAVES.

    Two photographs of the war graves of soldiers who died on service at Deuidah, in the desert about 40 miles from Gaza. The sender is H.H., of Met[?]cup, via Busselton, who states ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 59 words
  9. "Somme" Days.

    Dear "Non-Com."—In March, 1918, the 44th Battalion came into action at Saiilyle-Sec to stem the German advance on Amiens, and found fresh meat was ...

    Article : 279 words
  10. The Silence.

    In that soul-stirring moment when the Last Post wails out, and signals the diggers to two minutes' silence in memory of fallen comrades, I always find myself running ...

    Article : 254 words
  11. The Reaction.

    Dear "Non-Com."—I had been detailed with others to nurse a party of diggers who, for various reasons, had a confused idea of what it was all about, and had ...

    Article : 298 words
  12. High Spirits.

    Dear "Non-Com."—To join the battalion camped at Dead Dog farm near Mont Kemmel came a bunch of "reinstoushments." Along the narrow gauge ...

    Article : 104 words
  13. Mont des Cats.

    Dear "Non-Corn."—I have been back in the bush a week or more, but I am still recuperating from That Dinner. It was a great turnout, and undoubtedly worthy ...

    Article : 223 words
  14. "All Quiet...!"

    When seconds are like minutes, minutes are like hours! We were in Lancashire Farm. Joe Watson, D.C.M., Ted Wyatt and myself were ...

    Article : 248 words
  15. The Western Front.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 29 words
  16. Advertising

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    Advertising : 112 words
  17. To Correspondents.

    "11 x 51," South Perth.—I'll find the space all right, but not where you said. Welcome to the page! "Y-Pip," Perth.—A nice tribute to ...

    Article : 189 words
  18. impossible.

    Dear "Non-Com."—All 3rd L.H. Brigade mugs will remember "Nugget" Scott, of the 9th L.H. He was about as fat as a match with the wood scraped off, and ...

    Article : 112 words
  19. The Fortunes of War.

    Dear "Non-Com."—The Le Bizet sector in December, 1917. No wild alarms. No night attacks. Probably the quietest sector on the Western Front. Two signallers ...

    Article : 115 words
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