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  2. A Digger's Diary

    There is a marked revival of sentiment among the ex-service men in Western Australia, and sub-brandies 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 : 378 words
  3. The Symbol.

    A memory. We were evacuating the wounded from the R.A.P. below Messines, and in one of those little burial places which were scattered alongside the ...

    Article : 295 words
  4. 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 ...

    Article : 74 words
  5. Sweet Adeline.

    Strangely enough, my most memorable incident is my most musical memory. There were 1,300 of us on board the s.s. Buteshire on route for France from ...

    Article : 332 words
  6. THE WEEK'S BEST YARN.

    Some of the kind-hearted con[?] cert parties who visited the camps in England to entertain us had weird ideas of the ...

    Article : 229 words
  7. "Red Dust."

    Hereunder is one of the final passages in that excellent story of the Palestine campaign, "Red Dust," by "Donald Black," Readers may remember that Black (his ...

    Article : 973 words
  8. "No Expense to the Nation."

    To those who participated in or witnessed the recent presentation of colours by the 10th Battalion, A.I.F., to the local militia unit (the llth-16th Battalion), the ...

    Article : 393 words
  9. THE CASUAL WAR-BRIDE.

    "Squash" had the reputation of being the most casual bird in our battalion, and the English girl he married was made of similar day. ...

    Article : 149 words
  10. A Gallant Spy.

    The majority of spies may be, and often are, actuated entirely by mercenary motives and will willingly sell their services to the highest bidder; but there are some ...

    Article : 753 words
  11. In Reply to Yours.

    Thanks, Alan! Your apologia was more than I expected—and better than I hoped for. Speaking of revenge, I have had it. Your ...

    Article : 418 words
  12. PROMOTED.

    Dear "Non-Com,"—One day in Heliopolis, Paddy and I halted on the kerb to watch a party of Tommies in charge of an R.S.M. march past. I was dressed ...

    Article : 111 words
  13. THE WOWSER.

    Darkness is settling over the face of the earth—the hour that the wild beasts of the Western Front seek their prey. The machine-gun party is ready to move off to ...

    Article : 78 words
  14. Stiff!

    It was at the casualty clearing station that I met Stiffy. Part of his left foot was gone and his right arm was shattered beyond repair. "Yes," he said. "They call ...

    Article : 200 words
  15. THE SOUVENIR KING.

    There wasn't a unit in the A.I.F. that didn't have its souvenir king. The 53rd Battalion wasn't any exception. He didn't give a darn who won the war so ...

    Article : 112 words
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  17. APRES LA GUERRE.

    Dear "Non-Com."—Shortly after the war, when most people were sympathetic towards returned men, I was employed on a P.W.D. job in the bush. The ganger had ...

    Article : 87 words
  18. "Beachy Bill."

    Dear "Non-Com."—"Beachy Bill" was seldom referred to in complimentary terms by diggers on Gallipoli, but they bad to admit that he had mastered the art of ...

    Article : 134 words
  19. A SLIGHT MISTAKE.

    While on sentry duty one day at Salisbury Camp an old man attracted Harry's attention. He was watching Harry and his fellow-sentry approaching one another, and ...

    Article : 84 words
  20. A Musical Memory.

    In August, 1918, the 48th were in support at Lihons, and "B" Company was camped in an old Fritz horselines. Salvaging in the vicinity one of the boys ...

    Article : 127 words
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