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  2. A Digger's Diary (Conducted by "Non-Com.") WHERE WERE YOU

    Dear "Non-Com"—Imagine a convalescent camp with patiente comprising Aussies, Tommies, British West Indians. Indians, and waited on by Gyppos. and ...

    Article : 408 words
  3. Knew His Aussie!

    Colonel Granville Burnage, who commanded the 13th Battalion, A.I.F., on Gallipoli, tells a good story of the days when spy-catching was a hobby. He says that ...

    Article : 496 words
  4. 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 : 76 words
  5. A Belated Claim.

    Dear "Non-Com."—I came across a copy of "The Western Mail" recently dated April 14, 1932, and naturally read "A Digger's Diary." I was very interested to ...

    Article : 225 words
  6. THE WEEK'S BEST YARN.

    Dear "Non-Com"—In a little village in the Old Dart, a home service colonel frequently discussed the progress of the war, ...

    Article : 189 words
  7. The Aussie No Linguist!

    Having picked up a few words of the Froggy lingo Johnny Campbell rather kidded himself that he was a first-class linguist, but at a small village called ...

    Article : 194 words
  8. WHAT ABOUT IT?

    During the war years it was not considered "bad form" or a breach of etiquette for any lady to begin a conversation with a "gallant Anzac," more ...

    Article : 249 words
  9. The K.O. King.

    While crossing the "pond" on the Seang-Bee early in '15 the usual sports were organised among the troops. It was during the boxing tournament that a "dark ...

    Article : 568 words
  10. A Link with Te-el-Kebir.

    The death was recently announced on this page of an old veteran in Private Michael McMahon. Some of his papers have been loaned ...

    Article : 1,025 words
  11. Plenty of Time to Grow.

    In the history of the 38th Battalion, A.I.F., a story is related of a man who, on alighting from a train taking the unit from Havre to Bailleul, said he was going ...

    Article : 85 words
  12. Rank and File.

    Major Saunders, well known in physical culture, circles in the West, recently opened a school for fencing, in which graceful art he is highly qualified. His ...

    Article : 160 words
  13. A TAKING WAY.

    Duriug my stay in the Base Hospital, Fremantle, I was an inmate of "H" ward. It was a regular custom for the night orderly to come into the ward at 4 o'clock ...

    Article : 175 words
  14. On Parade.

    The bronze bell donated to the Returned Soldiers' League for Anzac House has an interesting history. It was given to the State secretary during his recent ...

    Article : 348 words
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  16. SOME REMOUNTS.

    On one occasion while serving with the 6th W.A. Mounted Infantry in the Boer war some of our horses knocked up. We were on the move, and men without ...

    Article : 171 words
  17. NO BACK SPLASH THERE.

    He was a hefty well-made Londoner who had been seconded from his regiment and was doing a bit of tidying up in the Australian portion of the Etaples ...

    Article : 103 words
  18. The Oldest Soldier.

    Dear "Non-Com."—Touching the recent story of the oldest soldier in the 16th Battalion, sent in by a correspondent at Northam. I think we have one at ...

    Article : 96 words
  19. That Souveniring Instinct.

    The diggers of the A.I.F. were not the only people who developed a souveniring instinct during the Great War. Colonel Collett recently revealed some secret ...

    Article : 99 words
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