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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 : 105 words
  3. The Linesman.

    Dear "Non-Com."—I had a short contribution written on runners but I see that one of the team has made a better job of it. I would like, however, ...

    Article : 602 words
  4. 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 : 133 words
  5. Why?

    Dear "Non-Com,"—While admitting a certain "esprit de corps" as Major Darnell would have put it, I think, "Toxite's" "Farewell to Anns," which ...

    Article : 362 words
  6. THE WEEK'S BEST YARN.

    Dear "Non-Com."—A ward of a military hospital in Blighty in 1916. The occupants a mixed crowd, between them representing nearly all branches ...

    Article : 217 words
  7. "Walkabouts."

    Dear "Non-Com."—Did you ever have an attack of the "walkabouts" when under shell fire in the trenches? I'll bet a little that many readers ...

    Article : 473 words
  8. THE FRONT LINE.

    Dear "Non-Com."—The gratitude and thanksgivings of an diggers to the "Lady of the Lamp," the Red Cross V.A.D.'s and numerous other ...

    Article : 475 words
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    Another Generation of "Gib-it." Snap sent by A. J. Rowley, Mooliabeenee. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 11 words
  10. Home From Home

    Dear "Non-Com."—At the base camp in the valley at Harfleur one Sunday in July, 1917, we marched to a plantation of birch trees. These trees are ...

    Article : 218 words
  11. Sniping the Bearers.

    Dear "Non-Com."—Apropos the recent items regarding the deliberate shooting of stretcher bearers. Well, I saw a couple of bearers and their ...

    Article : 213 words
  12. Shakespeare—Up-to-date.

    Dear "Non-Com."—"Eight Bells," Boddington, (W.M., May 28) suggests "Friends, Roamin's, and Countrymen," as suitable names for Virgilians. ...

    Article : 59 words
  13. "Deserting" to Gallipoli.

    Dear "Non-Com."—"172's" yarn in "W.M.," May 7, coupled with "E23's" mention of "Tiny" Thorn, who was one of the culprits, reminds me of the ...

    Article : 164 words
  14. The Western Front.

    Charles Lang, on June 7, at Perth, aged 66; late R.A.S.C. Henry James Powell, on June 9, at Armadale, aged 40; late ...

    Article : 41 words
  15. Some Pudding.

    Dear "Non-Com,"—We had just finished steak and kidney pudding for dinner, when [?]a told the fellowing:— "Micky Dripping" was well known at ...

    Article : 164 words
  16. Plenty of Shells.

    Dear "Non-Com."—It was during the time that the shortage of ammunition was being speeded up that Dick Richardson was given three days' leave ...

    Article : 211 words
  17. Luck!

    Dear "Non-Com."—I lost my company at Arras and was walking hurriedly through a maze of trenches trying to find them. Fritz seemed to ...

    Article : 155 words
  18. No Second Chance.

    Dear "Non-Com."—Having joined the Bombers, Ticklers' Artillery or the Suicide Club, call it what you will, I received orders to attend a course of ...

    Article : 134 words
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