DIGGER 48

DIGGER 48

DIGGER 48 Contents

Articles

 The outbreak of war in 1914: Sydney takes up the cause, Tony Cunneen

Fromelles Day Service, Sydney 2014, Margaret Snodgrass

The Allen brothers: Leslie (12^th Bn); Paul (51^st Bn); Edwin (40^th Bn); James (26^th Bn), Stephen Brooks

‘A fine line’: Lieutenant General Birdwood on cowardice, Trevor Munro

Died of sunstroke: Pte Ferdinand Clifton, 9^th Bn, Kathryn Simpson

Fitter Charles Johnson MM, 3^rd ALROC, Bill Latham

Private Denis Sherry, 36^th Bn, David Harrower

Postscript: CSM Will Rose, 55^th Bn, Sue Tongue

Private George Lemon, 45^th Bn, Margo Piggott

Narrative by Cpl Len Jones, 3^rd Bn, Part 10 (Final), Len Jones (courtesy the Mannells)

Trooper Alfred Ellis, 1^st LHR, Geoff Lewis

Connections in Mackay, Queensland, Robert ‘Mac’ Walker

Letter from Salisbury Plain, Pte Stanley Starr, 33^rd Bn, courtesy Rod Carpenter

Arthur Wheen’s letters from the Front, 54^th Bn, John Ramsland

Follow-up: Provos and swords, Trevor Munro

A French connection: Merris to Milperra, John Payne

‘The first man and the first shilling’: the Battle of Bitapaka, Phillip Mannell

Chapter 5: Kabakaul, Phillip Mannell