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  2. A Diggers Diary

    There is a marked revival of sentiment among the exservice 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 ...

    Article : 133 words
  3. On War Books.

    Dear "Non—Com.,"—I was very interested in that list of war books and the two selections giving the best six. I have read most of them, and several ...

    Article : 815 words
  4. Personal War Tales.

    Those of our readers who took part in the Greet War are invited to send for publication short accounts of happenings with which they themselves were concerned. The tales can be ...

    Article : 75 words
  5. The Fourth Divvy's Rest.

    Dear "Non—Com."—I wonder how many of the 16th Battalion remember going out of the line to Gamarches for a long-promised spell of three months. Each ...

    Article : 278 words
  6. THE WEEK'S BEST YARN.

    0f the drabness and animality, the mud and filth, of France in late 1916 I have but hazy recollection, and of my premature interment in the brown mud of the ...

    Article : 372 words
  7. Heroism in the Air.

    He was only a tall gawky schoolboy when allotted to me as my observer. Seventeen years old he told me he was and I swore and growled when I heard ...

    Article : 316 words
  8. Musical Memories.

    Dear "Non.—Com."—My most musical memories were written some weeks ago, but I omitted the most important thing— posting them! I found them a few days ...

    Article : 257 words
  9. Tale of a Donk.

    Dear "Non—Com.,"—Many humorous incidents cross a digger's mind after hearing and reading yarns of happenings at numerous places which were familiar to us as ...

    Article : 581 words
  10. A Blighty One.

    I was knocked from the top of the bank to the bottom. Something had hit my right arm like a kick from a horse, and I found my right shoulder useless. Blood was ...

    Article : 437 words
  11. TOO HOT FOR SATAN.

    Dear "Non—Com./"—Here's another attempt to win that half—note. While at sea on board the t.b.d. Ulysses we had a cat named Satan, which ...

    Article : 239 words
  12. The Old Brigade.

    Dear "Non—Com."—Being a past member of the old volunteers, namely, a bombadier in the 1st Sussex Artillery, stationed at Brighton, England, in Queen ...

    Article : 230 words
  13. "WASHOUT!"

    I always got a fair spin from Imperial Army officers! It may be that my venerable and clerical appearance prejudiced them in my favour, but certainly my ...

    Article : 213 words
  14. Cross Purposes.

    Dear "Non—Com.,"—During the 1917 winter, after the usual issue of rum the men were growling about being unable to get more. One bright digger said he could ...

    Article : 267 words
  15. Advertising

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    Advertising : 72 words
  16. A Lucky Strike.

    Dear "Non—Com."—While reading through some of my letters home from France, I came across the following:- "There was a very funny incident ...

    Article : 254 words
  17. Rank and File.

    Dr. Cyril Bryan addressed the Press sub-branch at its last meeting, and among the guests (all paying) were 40 delegates to the annual R.S.L. congress. The ...

    Article : 236 words
  18. ARMY RELIGION.

    Sergeant Red had religious leanings that he did not unnecessarily force on others. In addition, he was very just, and in all his dealings gave everybody a fair ...

    Article : 124 words
  19. Correspondence.

    "Mosyah" (Narembeen) asks which was the colder winter, 1916-17 or 1917-18, and what was the lowest temperature recorded..[I fancy 1916-17 was a record-breaker, and ...

    Article : 101 words
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