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  2. DEEDS INSCRIBED ON VICTORY'S PAGES

    Tommy Atkins is an indomitable mixture of humor and philosophy, whether he be a seasoned soldier or at the beginning of his career. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 552 words
  3. HOUR OF GLORIOUS LIFE

    Such was the concussion caused by the guns of the Queen Elizabeth in bombarding Gallipoli that it made a soldier's nose bleed. This ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 335 words
  4. "AN AVIARY OF CANARIES"-- SIMILE FOR SHRAPNEL SONG

    Humor in the midst of danger, together with a nice sense of simile, is preserved by Gunner Harry Silverthorne, who writes on May 4 from ...

    Article : 287 words
  5. BAREFOOT WE WILL FOLLOW YOU WHO BLAZED THE TRACK

    "And his desire shall bring Hard on his heels a thousand wheels. A people, and a king." There is none but will wish fulfilment ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 278 words
  6. EVERY MAN A HERO

    Private J. S. Dowling, of the Army Medical Corps, has such a high opinion of the work done by the Australian troops that he thinks every man has ...

    Article : 432 words
  7. "LIZZIE IS A LOVE"

    "Lizzie is just a love," is the quaint way Signaller John Bryden Walker refers to H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, Which has been operating in the ...

    Article : 442 words
  8. TURKS COUNTED OUT

    "We galloped over a few dead [?]uns," writes Private W. J. M'Casker, from Mena Hospital, Cairo, under date May 15, to his father, at 793 Rathdown street. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 960 words
  9. STAYED IN FIRING LINE

    "We had our, first battle on Sunday week, and it was one of the fiercest fights since the war began," writes Private George Mason to his people at ...

    Article : 237 words
  10. MANY AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED UNDER TREATMENT IN MALTA

    More than 400 Australian soldiers who were wounded at the Dardanelles are undergoing hospital treatment at Malta. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 172 words
  11. "BIG AUSTRALIAN BITE"

    "A big 'Australian bite into Turkish territory," is a phrase used in a letter by Lance-Corporal T. M. Cakebread, to Mr. M'Innes, of Nanneella, written from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 248 words
  12. FIGHTING SPIRIT WONDERFUL

    That the fighting spirit of the Australian is wonderful is the opinion of Lance-Corporal A. Wright, a son of Mr. Frederick Wright, of Randwick. ...

    Article : 269 words
  13. GLORIOUS TIME WITH TURKS

    "We had a glorious time at the Dardanelles with the Turks," writes Private W. Davidson, of Lake Bolac, to friends at Willaura. He is now in ...

    Article : 271 words
  14. EGYPT'S PLAGUE OF FLIES

    How wounded soldiers in hospital have perforce to turn their attention to killing files instead of slaying Turks is recounted in a letter to his mother, ...

    Article : 192 words
  15. FIGHTING PRIEST

    An all-round sport, a lovable sort of man, a good companion, and a hater of shams--such is the gallant priest. Father M'Auliffe, who, when each of ...

    Article : 337 words
  16. BRITAIN WELCOMES HEROES

    "Soldiers seem to be the men of the hour in England," writes Private G. C. Veel, who was one of the first lot of Australian wounded soldiers to arrive ...

    Article : 348 words
  17. SOLDIER BREATHES HIS LAST ASSURED OF SISTER'S LOVE

    "On my way to the beach I saw one of our men sitting down, apparently resting, and reading a postcard," says A letter from Gallipoli. ...

    Article : 88 words
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