Category: Biographies
It is my privilege to have been asked to write an Introduction for THE ANZAC BOOK, and to convey the cordial thanks of all the inhabitants of our little township here to those who have so kindly given us the free use of their brains and hands in writing and illustrating this b...
It is my privilege to have been asked to write an Introduction for THE ANZAC BOOK, and to convey the cordial thanks of all the inhabitants of our little township here to those w...
2. Part 2“Here, take off my pack, and I’ll take off yours.” We help one another to lift the heavy, water-soaked packs off. “Hurry up, there,” says our sergeant. “Fix bayonets.” Click! an...
3. Part 3In a land of necessarily hard fare a regimental canteen in Imbros does much to compensate. Unit representatives proceed thence weekly by trawler for stores. One feels almost in...
4. Part 4In what suburb, in what town (it seemed to have been hundreds of years ago that it had happened), and what part of Australasia could it be that a peaceful citizen, walking a dar...
5. Part 5My work in the A.S.C. has brought me very much in touch with the Indian Mule Corps; and I don’t think “The Anzac Book” would be complete without some mention of that admirable b...
6. Part 6Yes, Mr. Editor, I will try to “write something” for your book. ’Tis a glorious day, bright with sunshine, and the snow has melted away from the sides of the hills—snow that so...
7. Part 7Turning now to where the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps were perched upon the cliffs of Sari Bair, I must begin by explaining that their rôle at this stage of the operati...
8. Part 8The attack along the Chailak Dere was not so cleanly carried out—made, indeed, just about as ugly a start as any enemy could wish. Pressing eagerly forward through the night, th...
9. Part 9This lyric may be bad, O Muse, But do not press on me too hard; In times of war you must excuse Somewhat your bard. A dug-out where I have to bend My back, and even lodge my kne...
10. Part 10“Dearie, be sure to keep your hat on at all times. Egypt, I hear, is awfully hot about Christmas-time. The doctor was telling me the other day that he could hardly sit on the ve...
11. Part 11His next dissertation was on the Koran. But theology doesn’t appeal much to soldiers. Padres have reduced their services to a maximum of twenty minutes. Before long our astute g...
12. Part 12W’en it rains they give us lime juice, W’en it’s ’ot they give us rum; The baccy don’t arrive because The mule train didn’t come. The mail is ’arf a day be’ind, And w’en it come...
13. Part 13I have not, however, any intention of saying “Good-bye” to anyone, for I trust it is by no means “Good-bye,” as I still hope and intend to see as much of all my old friends in t...