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  2. UNOFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE A.I.F.

    HAVE heard of some awful experiences on the other side, but the worst I had, happened in a base hospital, miles away from the enemy. It ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 229 words
  3. "Halves, Partner, Halves!"

    SEVERAL of us were coming up the duck-board track to the line, when we slithered into a shell-hole a fraction of a second before the remains of a ...

    Article : 131 words
  4. POSTED MISSING AT "SMITH'S"

    PTE. MAURICE JOHN SOLOMONS, who, when last heard of, was working in a box factory at Redfern (N.S.W.).--Wanted by ...

    Article : 254 words
  5. "The Pup" Barks

    HOW many of the boys are left who crossed over to the big stoush in the old "Berrima" in December, 1914? We towed the ill-fated submarine ...

    Article : 148 words
  6. Still on Parade

    ABSENT from the ranks of the 5th Div, in the Anzac Day march in Melbourne for the first time since the war. Phil Roberts-- better known as ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 121 words
  7. In Desperation

    THE 25th owned the rare exception, a Digger who had never been known to swear. He answered to "Sainty." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 104 words
  8. Was He a Digger?

    THE shortest aerial fight I saw in France occurred above the German lines when we were in at Sailly-le-Sec in July, 1918. ...

    Article : 133 words
  9. A Matter of Spelling

    TERRY was the most untidy soldier in the A.I.F., full whenever possible, and adrift whenever opportunity offered. ...

    Article : 121 words
  10. Even?

    THE mob were standing to one morning in the Flers Sector, and as ...

    Article : 167 words
  11. "No Compree" Christmas Stockings

    SEVERAL weeks before Christmas of 1918 I was billeted with an old madam and her ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 247 words
  12. With Them at the Finish

    ON the voyage back to Australia in the "Suevic" it was the custom of the Padre to hold a short service every evening on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 203 words
  13. They're Married Now

    IT was just alter we arrived in France, and we were making the long train journey from Marseilles to somewhere near Hazebrouck, when our ...

    Article : 125 words
  14. No Satisfying Him

    IN a sudden charge at the bags of straw in bayonet fighting at Codford, I went almost through my bag. Whereupon the sergeant stormed. ...

    Article : 86 words
  15. Not Looking for Worse

    "SKEETER" hadn't been, in Broadmeadows Camp many days before the regular issue of brand-new army boots played up with his soft and ...

    Article : 165 words
  16. The Last Shot

    WHEN the eight hours armistice with the Turks was due, we were informed that the truce would be from 7 a.m. till 3 p.m., and that white flags ...

    Article : 165 words
  17. A(bomb)inside

    AT Bols Grenier, Ernie and Bill word detailed to carry Mills bombs up to the line. When they set out it was pitch dark. Bill ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 270 words
  18. Sinister Motive

    IT was the unwritten law in France that if a man gave a blood transfusion he was a moral for special Blighty leave, as a set-off against the ...

    Article : 172 words
  19. Remember "Soda"?

    MAJOR NARGOLAND, of the 16th Battalion, was one of the most popular officers of the 4th Brigade, both in Egypt and on Gallipoli. ...

    Article : 96 words
  20. Rubbing It In

    CAPTAIN "MICKEY" COATES, of the 29th, was as good as a brass band on the march, He'd trot along in front of his company, whistling like a ...

    Article : 119 words
  21. The Pseudo Sergeant

    WAS on picket one night at Rolleston, Salisbury Plains, with "Robbo" and two others, to stop tho boys from dodging round the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 151 words
  22. Making It Awkward

    WHILE the 29th Battalion (Tivey's "Chocs.") were billetted at Ramburellos, the Froggies complained bitterly about the raids made on their ...

    Article : 117 words
  23. Lost is Found

    ON the Peninsula, Jimmy Cox of the 13th L.H. lost his regulation identity disc, and induced the armorer-sergeant to engrave the necessary particulars on ...

    Article : 72 words
  24. Saved, to Die

    I'LL bet "Gibbie," a two-pip artist of the 29th Bn., will remember this, We had just come out of the line near Passchendaele and had taken up ...

    Article : 140 words
  25. Died by Mistake

    A SOLDIER, who had been reported killed, and against whose name in the battalion records a note had been made, turned up and reported himself. ...

    Article : 96 words
  26. Cause and Effect

    OUR Signalling sergeant went A.W.L. for a week--drunk all the time--but I'm sure if he had told his story properly in the orderly room he'd have ...

    Article : 106 words
  27. Bayonet Odds

    THE Tommy sergeant-major had been laying down the law on bayonet lighting to a crowd of disinterested Diggers, and at the ...

    Article : 76 words
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