CONTENTS
Articles
‘A maiden’s voyage’ – the story of Maud Butler, John Aitken 3-6
1918 letter: POW Pte 1949 Lewis LeBrun, 48th Bn, found on Trove 6
Lieut EC (Ted) Bartley MM, 12th FAB, Peter Bartley 7-10
The Turners go to war: Pte 1588 James John Turner, 3rd Bn; Pte 767 John Turner, 30th Bn; Pte 4004 Robert James Turner, 2nd Bn; Pte 2931 Herbert Turner, 33rd Bn, Tpr 37 Urban Parr, 12th LHR, also served as Pte 10531 William Barry, 3rd DSC, Graeme Hosken
[also read Appendices in COBBeR 18] 11-24
Diaries of L/Cpl William Lycett, 4th Field Ambulance, Vol III (1917), Part 4,
contrib. by Tim Lycett 25-27
Drysdale soldier killed – Pte 664 Edwin Thompson, Anzac Cyclist Bn, found on Trove 27
L/Cpl 1426 Lance Tudgey, 34th Bn, Bill Durrant 28-29
Pte 1813A George Swanson, 9th LHR, 4th DAC, 10th FAB, Graeme Hosken 30-33
Pte 237 Walter Eggins, 33rd Bn, Bill Durrant 34-35
Pte 517 Robert Murdoch Pearce, 4th Bn, Stephen Learmonth 36-41
Cpl 1128 Claire Underwood Alley, 19th Bn, Trevor Munro 41
They Simply Fade Away (Part 9), Chaps 23-24, Pte 2759A John Williamson, 48th Bn,
found on Trove This part sees John in his Scottish home town and returning to Australia 42-47
Pte 568 Frederick John Stubbs, Graeme Hosken and Jesse Stubbs 48-59
Letters to the Underhills of Bega, from Pte 3305 Clyde Underhill, 17th Bn & Pte 4702 William Bouquet, 19th Bn, Graeme Hosken 60-63
Lieut Col Leslie James Morshead writes to thank the 33rd Bn Northern Comforts Fund (Armidale), Peter Bartley 64-66
A peaceful resting place – Pte 3058 Walter Finn, 33rd Bn, Graeme Hosken and Peter Bartley 67
2 nd Lieut William Harold McMullen, 25th Bn, Geoffrey Benn 68-70
1917 letter: To England via the Panama Canal – 2nd A/M 2046 Edgar Weston Scott, AFC 71-72
12th Brigade Anzac Day sports meeting, 1917, 12th Brigade unit diary for April 1917 73
The Sherman brothers – Pte 1112 Thomas Louis Sherman (discharged) & Gnr 27944 James Alban Sherman, 12th AFA, Sue Tongue 74
POW statement by Maj Victor Joseph Waine, 46th Bn, captured at First Bullecourt, AWM file 75
Regular features
Trench Talk and Contact/Membership details 2
AIF humour from ‘Memories of Digger days,’ The World’s News 29, 59, 73