There is a marked revival of sentiment among the ex-service men in Western Australia, and sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' League and unit associations are displaying more interest in their affairs than ever before. The foundation on which these organisations are built is comradeship, and the old platoon spirit is ...
Article : 128 wordsDear "Non-Com."—The cold, biting wind of Flanders was howling outside the hut, as, with ever-increasing fury, it sought every chink and crevice to force ...
Article : 430 wordsThose of our readers who took part in the Great War are invited to send for publication snort accounts of happenings with which they themselves were concerned. The tales can be either ...
Article : 96 wordsDear "Non-Com."—I am writing this for one reason, to let a comrade know I am still going strong, 600 miles inland from the coast. ...
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Article : 250 wordsDear "Non-Com."—To one for whom I have always had the greatest regard, as boy, man, and soldier, the lare Colonel John Foxworthy. ...
Article : 630 wordsDear "Non-Com."—War, from the point of view of most Diarists, was not all humour, despite the fact that most of the incidents narrated touch on the ...
Article : 478 words"THE THREE MUSKETEERS." Three well-known contributors to this page are depicted above. From left to right they are "Hazeldene" (43rd), Lake Grace, "E28" (28th), Bruce Rock, and "Gidgie" (16th), Maylands. Incidentally, they were the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 43 wordsArthur Edward Sholl, on February 11, at Perth, aged 43; late 4th Battalion, North Lancashire Regiment. ...
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Article : 194 wordsDear "Non-Com."—One day while on Courtney's Post, Gallipoli, I decided to pay a visit to some of my friends with the 11th Battalion on the right of Anzac. ...
Article : 254 wordsDear "Non-Com."—Very few diggers were ever at a loss at "putting one over." With the battalion in supports, a digger had the job of getting water for the ...
Article : 139 wordsDear "Non-Com."—Some day I am going to write a book entitled "Gutzers I have come and how I came them." The clear air of South Africa makes ...
Article : 144 wordsThe members of the 32nd Battalion Association are leaving no stone unturned to work up a party of West Australians of the old 32nd Battalion, to visit ...
Article : 310 wordsWe meet upon the red page, A faithful band and true; We meet upon the level, The old scenes to renew. ...
Article : 93 wordsDear "Non-com."—Shortly after our arrival in Le Havre, we were issued with mules, and it wasn't too long before we found out their kicking abilities. ...
Article : 174 wordsDear "Non-Com."—Greetings and memories of the first Koorda Armistice Ball and George Mellor blowing "Reveille" to the wheat stacks! ...
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Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Thu 27 Feb 1936, Page 2
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