CONTENTS
Articles
From the AIF to the RFC, Stephen Brooks 3-6
Photo: Members of the 13th FCE, July 1917, relating to page 72 story on John Harley 6
The Schwonberg brothers, Greg Towner 7-13
Pte 372 Alexander Rackstraw, 14th Bn, Graeme Hosken, letters found on Trove. 14-19
Body lice, trench fever, and silk underwear , Bill Durrant 20
1917 letter: Pte 5002 Adde Cooper MM, 21 st Bn, found on Trove. 21
Diaries of L/Cpl William Lycett, 4 th Fld Amb, Vol II (1916), Part 10, contrib. by Tim Lycett 22-25
The Winter brothers (Walter, George, Henry, Herbert), Stephen Brooks 26
Dvr 26369 William Howard Waddell, 8 th FAB & 6th Sanitary Section, Graeme Hosken 27-32
Pte 621 Albert ‘Digger’ Evans, Champion AIF boxer, found on Trove 33
The Galston War Memorial, NSW, Paul Simadas 34
They Simply Fade Away (Part 3), Chs 6 -8, Pte 2759A John Williamson, 48 th Bn 35-43
Death of 2nd Lieut Sydney Ford, 9th Bn, found on Trove 43
Capt Ambrose Carmichael, 34 th & 33rd Bns, Bill Durrant 44-45
1916 letter: Pte 1714 William Reid, 56th Bn, found on Trove 45
Pte 2863 Albert Anderson (Hegarty), 48 th Bn, Andrew Pittaway 46-47
Cpl 495 William Murphy, 36th Bn & 9th LTMB, Bill Durrant 48-49
War diary of Cpl 1175 Joseph Kennedy, 23rd Bn, March 1915-May 1917, sourced by Barry Stevenson, edited by Graeme Hosken 50-71
Cpl 1883 John Harley CdG, 5 th LHR & 13th FCE, Harold O’Keeffe 72
Anzac spirit unites cultures, Mike Goodwin OAM 73-74
Regular features
Trench Talk and Contact/Membership details 2
AIF humour: ‘Memories of Digger days’ 19, 21, 25, 32
Etched in Stone, Russell Curley and Jim Corkery 75