Contents
Articles
Cpl 4633 Marcus Anderson, 11th Bn/2nd FSC RE, Andrew Pittaway 3-15
Pte 44 George Bonney, 32nd Bn, contrib. by Reg Bonney 16
Armistice Day 1918 memories, Pte 813 Jack White, 4th MG Bn 17
The work of the Australian Base Post Office, unknown AIF author 17
Pte 1104 Ralf Young, 4th Fld Amb, Evan Evans 18-20
L/Cpl 757 Carl Janssen & Pte 359 Ernek Janssen, 5th Bn, Brett Arnfield 20
Red Dust (memoirs of a light horseman), Chapter 3, Tpr 3073 John Gray, 6th LHR 21-26
Letter from Pte 6514 Clifford Hall, 13th Fld Amb, found on Trove 26
Pte 2833 Clarence Bluhdorn, Home Service, Francis Bluhdorn 27-31
Letter from Pte 2509 Cameron Stansfield, 12th Bn/3rd LTMB, found on Trove 31
Sgt 4439 Donald Bock MM & Pte 712 Bertie Bowman, 7th LHR/10th FAB, Keith Bowman 32-37
Pte 2277 Peter Wilson, 51st Bn & Pte 7812 Frederick Wilson, 11th Bn, Andrew Pittaway 38-40
Appendix 1 to Wilson story: Mystery of the groundsheet, Graeme Hosken, Tim Lycett, Peter
Benson, Andrew Pittaway 40-41
Appendix 2 to Wilson story: Mystery of the date of death of 3644 Bernard Wilson, 59th Bn,
Graeme Hosken, Tim Lycett, Andrew Pittaway and Peter Benson 41-42
Pte 2842 Robert Wilson [real name AR Coulson], Graeme Hosken 43
Sgt 3694 Robert Bertie Dugan, 18th Bn/5th LTMB, Geoff Lewis 44-46
Mersa Mutrah: story of The Western Frontier Force, Tpr 1243 Hugh Gilman, 1st LHR 47-48
‘Pte Jim Lawson’: Pte 1984 Aubrey Marsh, 15th Bn, Cpl 543 John Montgomery, 2nd LHR/15th
Bn; additional research by Graeme Hosken 49-65
Letter from Pte 1825 Stuart Sendall, 1st Bn, found on Trove 65
L/Cpl 1838 Hercules Johnston, 34th Bn, unknown 34th Bn author 66-67
Australia’s biggest soldier: Pte 2721 Patrick O’Connor, 56th Bn, Graeme Hosken 68-71
Sgt 98 John Boles, 5th Pnr Bn, Andrew Pittaway 72-73
Letter to Miss Beatrice O’Connor of Grenfell, Pte 1951 Joseph Milliken, 56th Bn 74
Regular features
Trench Talk and Contact/Membership details 2
AIF anecdotes: The World’s News & Smith’s Weekly 15, 20,43, 73
Etched in Stone, Russell Curley and Jim Corkery 75