AS one Digger resembles another out of uniform, and as bare flesh gives no indication of rank, Darkey' Smithers could well be pardoned his mistake on the beach at Gallipoli. It so happened that on coming out after a swim Darkey came on ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 258 wordsSOME of the fresh rations issued on Gallipoli were worse than the customary bully. Remember, on one occasion, we Were inflicted with prime ...
Article : 115 words"NOW then, you tourists, what about putting those pennies away and attending to the business of making the world safe?" shouted the sergeant. ...
Article : 84 wordsA MORE appropriate name than Florence could not have been bestowed upon the famous Gallipoli nightingale, that heroine of song which drowned the rattle of enemy machine guns with her glorious whistling, and thus for two hours nightly turned the dread ...
Article : 184 words"Texas Bob" Had Charmed Life HE had fought in every known and unknown, rebellion in every South American Republic; had been wounded ...
Article : 435 wordsIN May, 1915, things were strenuous on the Peninsula. It was the first time since the Landing that the Turks had really disputed the strip of land ...
Article : 206 wordsEARLY in the war, when our battery was stationed at Cape Helles, orders came through that parcels to Diggers' homes in Australia would be carried ...
Article : 193 wordsPTE. E. J. MURRAY, 5th L.H. Regt., now of Stanthorpe (Q.), was unconsciously the hero of a dramatic incident in the evacuation of Gallipoli. ...
Article : 116 wordsDIGGERS resented being ordered about by Tommy subalterns at Anzac, but the climax came when a Tommy officer was put in charge of ...
Article : 133 wordsWATER was very scarce on the Peninsula, and what was to be had wanted filtering and boiling before it was fit to drink. ...
Article : 87 wordsAN officer of my battalion was, before the Landing, an enthusiastic rifle shot, and a pretty good one, too. At the landing he received a small ...
Article : 118 wordsWAS attending sick parade on the beach at Anzac, the M.O. being "Whisky" Dawson. A Digger was putting up a harrowing tale of his pains ...
Article : 84 wordsQ.M.: Hanged if I know how to spin out the bread issue. This is all I've got left. DIGGER (at tail-end of ration party): Line up all the rum you've got left alongside it, and we'll whack it up as counter lunch. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 44 wordsANZACS will remember when those jam tin bombs were first ...
Article : 61 wordsBILL looked disgustedly through his periscope on the surrounding country on Gallipoli, and gave a snort of disgust. ...
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Smith's Weekly (Sydney, NSW : 1919 - 1950), Sat 11 Nov 1933, Page 29
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