The 23rd : the voice of the battalion

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Australia. Army. Battalion, 23rd
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FERG/4121
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[England] : The 23rd, 1917-1919
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No. 4 (30th November, 1917)
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THE VOICE OF THE BATTALION  

No, 4. NOVEMBER 30, 1917. Price, Twopence.  

THE WEEKLY WHIRLIGIG.  

On going to press, we have to confess,  

last week was bit of stunner! what  

with Russia upturned, and the Dago  

turned up, both have got rather  

Wunner." But to balance the bill, the  

Turk's got pill, and one that is awk-  

ward to swallow, for his forces they scat-  

ter, in Jerusalem?no matter?the old cry  

of "Allah!'' he'll "holler." Old Can-  

Ada's best, Passchendale to possess, with  

Tommy fought up to tradition, for tho'  

odds they were rough, the blood and  

'iron bluff,'-couldn't save this valued pos-  

ition, and if rumor speaks right, the re-  

sult of this fight.?" Some thousands of  

Hochs posted missin.'"  

Our General, 'tis true, has been here  

to review, and fix ribbons to brave-  

hearted breasts of those who have proved  

the true metal, and who'll do so again  

tho' hard be the strain, when Teutonic  

1.0.U.'s we will settle. Out home well, we  

hear, conscription is near, or rathpr the  

papers do tell us, and if it goes thro', as  

'it's near sure to do, reinforcements will  

soon come to swell us. Then 5000 Anzacs,  

three years on the track, the broad roll-  

ing ocean might follow to the land of some  

sun, away from Fritz Hun, on months  

'permission' "jollo." We in our turn, for  

'home sights will yearn, but with no out-  

W&fd sign of our sorrow, for while out for  

rest?4 weeks of'the best-we' ll get fit  

for future mud-wallow.  

VERSE?AND WORSE.  

VISIONS.  

Gently fade the stars away,  

Gently breaks the dawn of day,  

Crimson rays and shafts of gold  

Peep o'er the wooded ranges  

Creeps the silvery light on high  

In radiance to the purple sky,  

Its darkened hues exchanges.  

Song birds, early on the wing,  

Sweetly to the new morn sing,  

Fluttering o'er tree and shrub  

In gay and merry prances  

Wild-flowers shyly peeping thro'  

Crystal globes of dazzling dew,  

The early morn entrances.  

Children's voice and merry prattle  

Rise amidst the sound of battle  

To he who lies in trench of slime,  

With leaden sky o'erhead  

Shot and shell speed on their mission  

Unheard through the glorious vision,  

By angels fair outspread.  

Music, soft, steals to the ear,  

Church bells chiming sweet and clear  

Peace and love they seem to peal  

In sleeping soldier's dream.  

 

A- flash!. crash the dream is o'er,  

Reality is the cannons' roar,  

And vanishes what may have been.  

?" Dad."  

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