Contents
Articles
L/Cpl 9641 Edward McCoy, AASC/43rd Bn, Peter Bartley 3-5
1918 letter: Pte 7444 George Parry, 42nd Bn, found on Trove 6-7
WWI poems of Spr NX6925 Herbert Beros, 2/6 FC RAE, Greg Knight 8-10
The Manly War Memorial, John Ramsland 11-16
A meeting with the Demassiets at Fromelles, Patrick Lindsay, sourced by Lambis Englezos 17-18
1917 letter: A/Cpl 550 Francis Gilfedder, 3rd Sqn AFC, found on Trove 18
The ‘missing’ Diggers of Ivanhoe, NSW, Graeme Hosken and Tony Nardi 19-21
A German in the AIF: Pte 6904A Gustav Mahle, 23rd Bn, Bill Durrant 22
Colour patches of the AIF, ‘Weekly Times’, 1919, found on Trove 23-24
Red Dust (memoirs of a light horseman), Chapter 5, Tpr 3073 John Gray, 6th LHR 25-29
1916 letter: Pte 576 George Howard MM, 20th Bn, found on Trove 29
The MacCulloch brothers of Yeoval, NSW, Peter Tremain 30-35
1915 letter: Gnr 1609 Wilfred Stenner, 3rd FAB, found on Trove 35
The capture of ‘Mephisto’ by the 26th Battalion, contrib. by Lynora Conley/Barry Stevenson 36-37
Colour centrespread: ‘Mephisto’, Provos, CWGC stonemasons at work, three AIF officers 38-39
Pte 2030 Victor Arandale, 33rd Bn, Bill Durrant 40-41
No. 1 Australian General Hospital, Paul Simadas 41
Monash and Dame Nellie Melba, Sue Tongue 42-43
AIF Divisional Memorials on the Western Front, John Skene 44-45
2nd Lieut John Cranswick, 12th & 40th Bns, Jim Rouse 46-50
Pte 2698 Alfred Wheate, 1st Pnr Bn, Graeme Hosken 51-52
Pte 6807 Walter Grono, 35th Bn, Bill Durrant 53
Pte 1044A Arthur Hecker, 7th Bn, Graeme Hosken with Patrick Wilson 54-56
1916 letter: Pte 1723 Charles Harris, 14th Bn, found on Trove 57-58
1917 letter: Pte 2440 John Jefferyes, 46th Bn, found on Trove 59-62
Pte 6069 Charles Palfrey, 15th Bn, Graeme Hosken and Barry Stevenson 63-68
Diaries of L/Cpl William Lycett, 4th Fld Amb, Vol II (1916) , Part 1, contrib. by Tim Lycett 69-72
1916 and 1917 letters: CSM 2080 William Parry, 48th Bn, found on Trove 73-74
Regular features
Trench Talk and Contact/Membership details 2
Digger humour, ‘Smiths Weekly’ & ‘Glen Innes Examiner’, found on Trove 7, 16, 22, 43, 72
Etched in Stone, Russell Curley and Jim Corkery 75