CONTENTS
Articles
Fromelles: a veritable Hell , Lieut George Wilson, X5A MTMB, compiled by Phillip Mannell 3-8
Bdr 1319 Thomas Throsby (Smyth) King MM, 6 LHR/15 FAB/14 FAB , Geoff Lewis 9-13
Memories of Digger Days (1), found on Trove 13
Lieutenant Colonel Marcus William Logan, CO 35 Bn , Bill Durrant 14
Memoirs of Pte 2369 Verdi Schwinghammer, 42 Bn (Part 5), edited by Graeme Hosken 15-21
Memories of Digger Days (2) , found on Trove 21
Cpl 541 William Henry Winstanley MM, 21 Bn/APC , Trevor Munro 22-25
Soldier’s letter 1915: Pte 59 Donald Hood, 27 Bn: a ‘Southland’ survivor, found on Trove 25
Pte 5696 William Frederick Grady, 2 Bn, Geoff Lewis 26
ER/2 Cpl 2792 Donald Ross, 21 Bn/2 DTC/APC, Graeme Hosken 27-28
Dates of FFFAIF functions to be held in Sydney in 2019 28
The horrors of war (letter 1915): Pte 897 James Morieson, 14 Bn , found on Trove 29
For Valour: The New Zealand VC recipients 1918 (Part 1) , Geoff Lewis 30-33
Soldier’s letter 1915: Pte 1129 William Smith, 21 Bn, found on Trove 34-35
Memories of Digger Days (3) , found on Trove 35
What Anzac means to me, General Henri Gouraud, French Army, contrib. by Bill Durrant 36-37
Soldier’s letter 1916: Cpl 755 Frank Steed, 30 Bn, contrib. by Tim Lycett 37
Pte 3656 Clarence George Howard, 54 Bn, Graeme Hosken and John Skene 38-39
Poem: ‘Blank Fire’, Lieutenant William Thomas Barnes, 25 Bn, found on AWM website Pte 87 Thomas John Stevenson, 26 Bn, Barry Stevenson and Graeme Hosken 40
Lieut John Timothy Maguire MC , Evan Evans with K Chamberlain, P Nelson and D Nelson 45-71
Dvr 2039 Charles Richard Harnell, 2 LHR/11 FAB , Graeme Hosken 72-74
Soldier’s letter, 1916 : Pte 614 Mervyn Dayman, 25 Bn/2 MG Bn, found on Trove 74
Regular features
Trench Talk and Contact/Membership details 2
Etched in Stone, Russell Curley and Jim Corkery 75