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  2. Posted Missing in "Smith's"

    PRIVATE THOS. JOHN FITZROY, who sailed with a Light Horse regiment from Queensland in ...

    Article : 178 words
  3. UNOFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE A.I.F.

    THE company dag was on leave in Blighty, to the relief of the officers and regret of the boys. As usual, he returned a day or so late and was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 280 words
  4. A Digger's Romance

    WHILE over the other side I was given a shift by the Red Cross people, and just before putting it ...

    Article : 136 words
  5. At Long Last

    DON'T suppose it[?] matters a piastre now -- anyway, "Bull" Ryrie[?] ...

    Article : 250 words
  6. Everybody Happy

    THE "Five Light Horses" were finding the weather bitterly cold, and ...

    Article : 214 words
  7. After the "Death"

    A MOB of spare parts joined the battalion in Belgium at the end of January, 1919, in charge of two officers promptly dubbed "Andy Fisher's Last ...

    Article : 85 words
  8. Earned it

    A TELEGRAM received from a Digger on leave in London was pasted on the orderly room door at Sutton Vaney. It read: "Kindly wire three ...

    Article : 53 words
  9. They Knew

    DID they know death was coming to them? Too right, some of them did. Old pals of the 14th "Mug" Gunners will remember Sergeant George ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 185 words
  10. The Digger Won

    MARKED down for "the push," a Queensland railway man interviewed one of the Heads, who remarked that he wouldn't feel the sack as he had a ...

    Article : 95 words
  11. Wouldn't Disobey an Order

    KNOWN throughout the Camel Brigade as "Salt Bush Bill," Captain Jim Tolmer, one-time pearler up Broome way, was wedded to his jodpur ...

    Article : 220 words
  12. The "Stone-throwers"

    AS a peaceful citizen, I'd hate to think I might be the cause of another war; but some time ago, in "Smith's Weekly," a Digger claimed to ...

    Article : 143 words
  13. Diggers' Re-unions

    A RE-UNION of the 2nd Australian Divisional Signalling Co. will be held at the Blue Ribbon Cafe, 283½ Elizabeth Street, Sydney, on April 26. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 217 words
  14. The Hero

    JUDGING by the red marks in his pay book, Paddy was the most undesirable of all the undesirables in the A.I.F., and was being returned to ...

    Article : 176 words
  15. From One Digger to the Mob

    JUST fifteen years ago! -- It doesn't seem that long to some of us, but to others it has been an eternity, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 268 words
  16. A Real Australian

    THE best all-round athlete in the 12th Light Horse was Jack Stacey, an abo. lad from Terry Hie Hie. In running, jumping, pole-vaulting he ...

    Article : 177 words
  17. Tit for Tat

    DURING the big Hun offensive on the Somme in 1918, we tramped ...

    Article : 149 words
  18. Expected Too Much

    THE G.S. wagon was rattling along the camp road at Moascar, loaded up with quarters of beef from the cold storage, and in passing over a gully ...

    Article : 108 words
  19. The Turning Chop

    THE joy of anticipation animated our mess deck one morning ...

    Article : 116 words
  20. MEANT IT, TOO

    THERE were many quaint official messages sent during the war, but that of Captain Norman Wilson, under the impression that his information would go ...

    Article : 99 words
  21. POSTAL EFFICIENCY

    VARIED were the mementoes and many the reasons for which they were treasured. Harry Hanenstein, 1st Pioneers, and a member of the Australian ...

    Article : 90 words
  22. He Lost

    IT happened in the Moascar cinema, at the best church parade I ever attended. We had been listening to the padre's forceful, heart-to-heart talk on ...

    Article : 131 words
  23. Was He Drunk?

    MAC, came into the hut, and, going straight to the bread-box, took out a loaf, cut off a slice, came back, and sat down near the brazier. Attaching ...

    Article : 122 words
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