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  2. 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 either ...

    Article : 96 words
  3. A Digger's Diary

    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 : 131 words
  4. The Tank Conceived at Coolgardie.

    Dear "Non-Com,"—Further to "Saltspray" (W.M. March 5) on "Land Ships." His statement that the first tanks used in the war were due to Rear-Admiral Sueter, ...

    Article : 302 words
  5. On the Canal.

    Dear "Non-Com,"—When the Light Horse took over the position of Gebel Habieta, the First Australian Division retired to Serapeum on the Suez Canal ...

    Article : 843 words
  6. THE WEEK'S BEST YARN.

    Obit: General Charles Tucker[?] one of the dearest old fellows I have ever had the luck to meet. He had the reputation of being the roughest tongued ...

    Article : 357 words
  7. just for Luck!

    Dear "Non-com,"—Midshipman Freddie Farrington paused between a mouthful of "trifle" (his favourite dish). "Someday mother I'll be like him over ...

    Article : 357 words
  8. THE FRONT LINE.

    He was usually known as Little Anzac. Lean and brown, and boyish-looking, he was, nevertheless, a veteran of the war when he came to our V.A.D. hospital, in ...

    Article : 710 words
  9. Repartee on the Last Parade.

    Dear "Non-com."—Examples of smart answers and repartee are numerous on our pages. My contribution to the list happened during Fritz's bombardment of our ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. THE 51st MEMORIAL.

    The 51st Battalion was prominent in the classic night attack that recaptured Villers Bretonneux on April 24, 1918. Casualties were heavy and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 59 words
  11. The Lighter Side.

    Dear "Non-com,"—Somewhere about June, 1915, my division (2nd Imperial) relieved a French division in the Loos sector. As all roads were under ...

    Article : 204 words
  12. The Australaise.

    Dear "Non-Com."—Can any of our diggers give me the words of "The Australaise," a song popular in the war days, and, I believe, composed by a West Australian. ...

    Article : 73 words
  13. The Western Front.

    John Adamson, on March 16, at Collie; late 48th Battalion, A.I.F. Robert Price, on March 23, ...

    Article : 132 words
  14. Naval and Nautical.

    Dear "Non-Com,"—The passing of yet another of our most famous naval men, Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty, recalls to mind the sinking of the Blucher at ...

    Article : 347 words
  15. With the Enzeds.

    Dear "Non-Com,"—I have not previously wielded the pen for publication, but as the N.Z. sector seems to be rather devoid of incident lately, perhaps this ...

    Article : 124 words
  16. "Martyrs, Saints and Sinners."

    Dear "Non-Com."—Apropos the suggestion that "St. A.'s" Virgilians should now be called the Saints, the diggers and highwaymen the Sinners, and asking for ...

    Article : 45 words
  17. Advertising

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    Advertising : 159 words
  18. The Amateur Medico.

    Dear "Non-Com."—The old madame wheezed her way to the battalion medical hut, and by means of much pantomime conveyed to Paddy, the medical orderly, ...

    Article : 117 words
  19. Royal Scots' Motto.

    Dear "Non-Com."—It is told of Sir Andrew Agnew (of Lochnow) that after the Battle of Dettinger, in 1743, George II. who was in command of the British ...

    Article : 122 words
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