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Article : 73 wordsIn November, '17, we were drifting back to our units after a spell in hospitals due to the Passchendaele stunt. About this time the 4th Divvy was on the move ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 558 wordsWe have heard a lot about full-blooded aborigines who served in the A.I.F., but in our battalion there was a Chinaman, who was probably the most decorated son ...
Article : 160 wordsDear "Non-Com."—I was much interested in the discussion regarding the operations of the Fifth Army in March, '18. Unfortunately, I have not read General ...
Article : 794 wordsI think we all remember our first experience of shell fire, and also the effect it had on later arrivals, who looked to the old ...
Article : 271 wordsJones: You're looking fine old chap. J suppose if war started again you'd be anxious to have another go at them? Mother: I suppose you delighted in ...
Article : 111 wordsWhen the cold is making ice cream of the marrow in your, bones; When you're shaking like a jelly, and your, feet are dead as stones; ...
Article : 599 wordsDear "Non.-Com.,"—When you have finished with the Typical Diggers, how about a Typical Tommy on the same lines, so as to get a standard for both? There ...
Article : 135 wordsDear "Non-Com.,"—Just a little yarn about Halifax Camp in the Ypres Salient. While the 11th Battalion was camped here two hogsheads of beer were sent along and ...
Article : 160 wordsDuring the war years I asked many of the old "sweats" of the Tommy army how the term "Show a leg" came into being, and got various explanations, none of ...
Article : 143 wordsSome diggers on leave were strolling down the Strand when an urchin asked them for some "backsheesh." "If you can tell me three invisible ...
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Advertising : 112 wordsBilly Atkin, who served with the 51st "over there," is battling along quite happily, considering the price of gold and the fact that be is one of the owners of the ...
Article : 179 wordsPassing a Tommy dump a thirsty digger, noticed some jars of rum, and towards dusk decided to give them a go. After crawling on hands and knees for ...
Article : 78 wordsI attended once a party at au English vicarage. Where to meet the country ladies was the greatest privilege. ...
Article : 203 wordsThe British Ministry of Pensions expenditure on Great War pensions exceeds £1,000,000,000. Australia's, pension payments have exceeded £100,000,000. ...
Article : 108 wordsInteresting and informative addresses have been given at the last three luncheon meetings of the Press sub-branch by General Sir Talbot Hobbs, Colonel S. ...
Article : 161 wordsDear "Non-Com.,"—In the page on June 23 appeared an article on the Aussie hat. It stated, that "the hat is not Australian in origin. In December, 1890, it was ...
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Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Thu 8 Sep 1932, Page 2
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