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  2. A Digger's Diary

    There is a marked revival or sentiment among the ex-servicemen in Western Australia, and sub-branches of the Rief urned Soldiers' League and unit associations are displaying more interest in their affairs than ever before. The foundation on which these organisations arc built is comradeship, and the old ...

    Article : 1,176 words
  3. Prisoners of War.

    At Bullecourt ia April, 1917, 28 officers and 1,142 other rauks of the 4th Division, A.I.F., were captured. The Germans also claimed to have taken two ...

    Article : 814 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 : 74 words
  5. Safety First.

    We're joining the army to-day, mother. We're joining the army to-day. We don't vant to fight, But to sleep well at night. ...

    Article : 127 words
  6. THE WEEK'S BEST YARN.

    He was six feet tall, under 10 stone, and threw a fishing-line shadow. A beaked nose and talkative hands suggested Hebrew lineage, while a forehead extending ...

    Article : 297 words
  7. A Kelmscott Barbecue.

    Dear "Non.-Com."—The Kelmscott-Roleystone sub-branch K.S.L. is holding a carnival on Wednesday, September 30. One of the attractions is a Barbecue, and there ...

    Article : 121 words
  8. Birds of a Feather.

    Dear "Non.-Com."—It is rather a coincidence that three men should have drifted into the same school twice within a few years. Early in '16 an N.C.O. school was ...

    Article : 125 words
  9. THE ALTERNATIVE.

    Snowy and Blue were in England convalescing. On this particular day they had gone for a stroll and had worked up quite a thirst. Alas, they hadn't a bean ...

    Article : 143 words
  10. "1914-1918."

    Fire pounds in prizes will be given for the best story of about 300 words on "My Most Memorable Experience, 1914-18." ...

    Article : 222 words
  11. DUCK, BIRDIE, DUCK!

    Lately we have been haying a run on "Madam's Hen Roost" yarns. How about ducks? Christmas, '18, and the larder was rather ...

    Article : 192 words
  12. All Nations' Fair.

    The Mt. Lawley sub-branch and the organisers of the All Nations' Fair report that "everything is progressing satisfactorily, and that all the fun, of the fair has ...

    Article : 341 words
  13. UNOFFICIAL HISTORY.

    Dear "Non.-Com."—About the end of '16 or early '17, at Steenwerck in Belgium, I came in contact with an Imperial artillery expert, who was inquiring into the ...

    Article : 230 words
  14. Advertising

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    Advertising : 60 words
  15. Back to the Line.

    In "Hell's Bells and Mademolselles" Lieutenant J. Maxwell, V.C., brings back many an almost forgotten cameo of life in the war years. How is this for the ...

    Article : 273 words
  16. Rank and File.

    Thomas William Bennett, who was killed in such tragic circumstances in the Great Boulder Gold Mine on August 16, was a member of the Yandanooka sub-branch ...

    Article : 170 words
  17. ROOM FOR ASPIRATIONS.

    A sergeant-major of the old school, gifted with a stentorian voice, was inspecting a squad of new recruits. One member of the squad was a lanky individual of the "Slim ...

    Article : 159 words
  18. Sorry, Fritz!

    Cruicky, now of Wiluna, was detailed, amongst others, to clean the horse lines after one night's billet in Poperhinge. Standing on a verandah of the billet, he ...

    Article : 78 words
  19. Trench Humour!

    Company headquarters was being heavily shelled, and the duckhoards bad their usual covering of water for a carpet. One lad, really a good trier, waa a bit windy. He ...

    Article : 66 words
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