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  2. UNOFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE A.I.F.

    THE new night-sister at Caulfield had been put wise to "Snow," who was in bed outside the ward, and was on guard. Still, "Snow" got under her ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 119 words
  3. Ruled Out

    THE S.M. seemed a long time attending to a group of Diggers waiting at the C.C.S., and thinking to amuse them, the Padre asked ...

    Article : 47 words
  4. "Bull's" Sarcasm

    IF any of the participants in the attempted cattle throwing competition, indulged in by some of the members of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade, as they ...

    Article : 152 words
  5. "Crusher's" Spy

    IT was during a spy scare in Palestine that all ranks were ordered to go nowhere unarmed in spite of the fact that most of the Light Horse were ...

    Article : 157 words
  6. Posted Missing at "Smith's"

    PTE. WILLIAM RICHARD LEACH, of the 10th Battn., who has been missing since January 6 last, when he left to ...

    Article : 139 words
  7. Bite He Didn't Like

    BEING good-natured Lieut. Jerry Stevenson of the 42nd Batt had his ear bitten consistently. As scout officer to the batt., Stevenson ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 230 words
  8. It's Moments Like These -- !

    A COBBER and myself were returning from Etaples, and when leaving the train at Albert, two other members of the A.I.F. ...

    Article : 201 words
  9. Rest Gully

    REMEMBER Rest Gully at Gallipoli, Diggers? Known to the heads as Reserve Gully, it was nicknamed Rest Gully by the Diggers because there ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 255 words
  10. Subduing the Unsubduable

    THE terror of the Field punishment receivers in Egypt was the Citadel in Cairo. Tommy sergeant-majors, and old timers at that, were the big noises ...

    Article : 163 words
  11. Emergency Answer

    WHILE enjoying a rest at Mailly Mailly, the 15th Brigade was suddenly ordered to pack up and march to Corbie, a ...

    Article : 173 words
  12. Forgot Himself

    BILL, sergt. of A platoon, 1st Batt. Wellington Regt., N.Z.E.F. distinguished himself one night just before the Messines stunt in 1917. ...

    Article : 121 words
  13. The Voice

    THE clearest memory I have of the three years and a bit I put in in France is the sound of a voice. It was not that it was a wondrously ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 272 words
  14. The Loot of Jenin

    THE advance of the 9th Light Horse on Jenin, in the great cavalry drive that finally crushed the Turkish resistance in ...

    Article : 140 words
  15. The Black Light

    EVERY Digger who was in Monte Video (Weymouth, Eng.) camp in '18 will remember little Captain Black of some artillery crowd. He was a ...

    Article : 213 words
  16. For Once

    IT was a cold morning, and one of the new gang was picked out every time by the irate Sar.-Major who had us in hand. ...

    Article : 90 words
  17. Xmas "Reveille"

    A SPECIAL Christmas number of "Reveille," the official organ of the N.S.W. Branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, will be issued on ...

    Article : 40 words
  18. Poems of Passion

    WRITTEN on the wall of a clink at Sutton Veny, I saw a "respectable" version of that classical poem which every Digger knew -- the one ...

    Article : 165 words
  19. "Yer Pays Yer Money & Yer Takes The Cake"

    CLARRIE MARSH was one of the lucky Diggers who could boast of having several Blighty girls who sent him cigarettes, and a dinkum Australian who wrote letters by the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 321 words
  20. What's in a name?

    AT the latter end of the long cold winter of 191617 in France, the ...

    Article : 143 words
  21. He Didn't Care

    IT was not work unloading stores at the Tel-el-Kebir railway siding, ...

    Article : 167 words
  22. "Shot" at Dawn

    WHEN the Turk and German prisoners were mustered after the big enemy raid on the 2nd Light Horse at Abu Tellul, in the ...

    Article : 165 words
  23. Profitable Side-line

    DURING the operations in Palestine, our mob captured some Turkish cavalry, and the ponies had to be cared for by my squadron. ...

    Article : 156 words
  24. Helped Along

    WHEN the 6th L.H. Regiment decided to gallop into the village of Katia, all was well, and off they went. Padre Mullins always accompanied the ...

    Article : 111 words
  25. Knew His "Ekker"

    WHEN "Bluey" noticed the new "quack" on parade, he had visions of a no-duty day, and when the sick parade was called, he stepped out ...

    Article : 82 words
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