CONTENTS

Articles
Pte 2027 Arthur Montague Alchin, 35th Bn, Terry-Anne O’Neill 3-5
Pompey Elliott Eulogy 2016: ‘Peronne 1918,’ Dr Ross McMullin 6-7
Pte 4059 Percy Armstrong, 22nd Bn, James Armstrong and Graeme Hosken 8-9
Pte 3826A George Harley, 49th Bn, Harold O’Keeffe 10
Pte 2237 Arthur Clifford MM, 24th Bn at Pozieres & Pozieres Heights, July-Aug 1916 11-16
A bantam battalion in the AIF? Found on Trove. 16
Revisiting the Battles Nomenclature Committee classification of Fromelles as an ‘Attack’
rather than a ‘Battle,’ Geoffrey Benn 17-27
The Evacuation of Gallipoli, Lieut WK De Boos, 22nd Bn, found on Trove 27
Pte 2359 Alfred William Farragher, 1st Bn, Graeme Hosken 28-34
Diaries of L/Cpl William Lycett, 4 Field Ambulance, Vol II (1916), Part 12,
contrib. by Tim Lycett 35-38
Memories of a mate: Pte 1686 James Henry Lees, 24th Bn, Lambis Englezos 39-41
Poem: Pte 1015 James Dinan, 4th LHR & 1st Anzac Cyclist Bn, found on Trove 42
They Simply Fade Away (Part 5), Chs 11-13, Pte 2759A John Williamson, 48th Bn,
found on Trove. This part covers the period from the Battle of Passchendaele to the end of 1917. 43-50
Missing at Fromelles: Pte 135 Arthur Percy Martin, 32nd Bn, Graeme Hosken 51-56
Digger Digger: Pte 5326 Charles Digger, 26th Bn, Graeme Hosken 57
Bulolo Cemetery and War Memorial, PNG, Greg Knight 58-59
Pte 2954 William Owen, 52nd Bn, Graeme Hosken 60-62
Lieut George Vaughan MM & Bar, Paul Simadas 62
Tragic day for the 1st Aust Tunnelling Company, Graeme Hosken 63-67
Brian Pockley, the most mourned Australian soldier of WWI, Dr Ross McMullin 68-70
1916 letter: Spr 418 Harry Jenkins MM & Bar, 1st & 2nd FCE, found on Trove 71
Pte 7339 Francis Edward William Wright, 2nd & 36th Bns, Graeme Hosken
& Tony Bourke 72-73
The Dovey brothers: Sgt 1311 Cecil Dovey, 7th LHR & Sgt 564 Wilfred Dovey,
AN&MEF, Trevor Munro 74-75
Regular features
Trench Talk and Contact/Membership details 2
AIF humour: ‘Memories of Digger days’ 5, 34, 50, 67, 75