Articles
Memoir: Gnr 752 Augustus (Ted) Sampson, 31st Bn & 3rd FAB, Peter Nelson 3-11
Sgt 642 Boyd Alexander Ellem, 41st Bn (and serving Ellem relatives), Geoffrey Benn 12-17
The 1916 diary of Lieut Robert Pickup, 13th & 45th Bns, Part 3 (final): 7 Sep-30 Nov, contrib. by Neville Browning, with profile by Graeme Hosken 18-25
Pte 4230 Harold Noel Jarvis, 1st Pnr Bn, Andrew Pittaway 26-29
The wartime memoirs of Pte 2485 George Ross Freeman, 5th & 57th Bns, Part 3, Arrival in France, Fromelles, and a feast, contrib. by Bill Freeman 30-33
Cover photo: Three men of the 33rd Bn: Pte 2898 Angus Shepherd; L/Cpl 2808 John Willoughby; Pte 2881 George Newman, Bill Durrant and Graeme Hosken 33
Pte 738 Joseph McShane Dodd, 36th Bn, Graeme Hosken 34-35
One and the same: Pte 362 J Weekley, 6th LHR & Pte 6876 J Wheatley, 13th Bn, Graeme Hosken 35
1914 letter: Seaman Roy Malcolm, HMAS Yarra, as part of the AN&MEF, found on Trove 36-37
The Fifth CEW Bean Memorial Lecture, held at Tuggeranong Homestead, Sue Tongue 37
The six Keid brothers, Greg Knight 38-45
1918 photo: Three men of the 44th Bn in a haystack, AWM Collection 45
Diaries of L/Cpl 2063 William Lycett, 4th Fld Amb & 15th LROC, Vol III (1917), Part 8, contrib. by Tim Lycett 46-49
1916 letter: Nurse Mary Annie Bessie Pocock, AANS, found on Trove 49
Anatomy of a trench raid by elements of the 7th & 8th Bns, The Bluff, Zillebeke, 29/9/16, Evan Evans 50-58
1918 news item: AIF Xmas Book, Peter Bartley 58
The ‘Anzac Book’ buyer, Graeme Hosken, with Heather Ford & Trevor Munro 59-62
AIF Routine Orders regarding transfers between AIF units, found in a service record 62
Capt Herbert Humphreys Hunter, 7th Bn, contrib. by Hunter Gill 63-66
Photos from the FFFAIF 2025 AGM, courtesy of Paul Simadas 66
WWI Battlefield tour tip – Bullecourt Cross Memorial, Peter Bartley 67-68
Postscript: Research into names mentioned by Pte Ross Freeman in his memoir, Sue Tongue 68
1914 letter from Seymour Camp: Pte 3444 Archie Watts, 2nd Pnr Bn, on Trove 69-70
‘Letters from France,’ Chapters V & VI, CEW Bean, contrib. by Anne Carroll 71-74
Research into cable regarding death of Angus Mackay (Ross Freeman’s memoir), Graeme Hosken 74
The Wodonga War Memorial, Paul Simadas with Graeme Hosken 75
Regular features
Trench Talk and Contact/Membership details, includes report on the 2025 AGM 2
AIF humour from ‘Memories of Digger days,’ The World’s News 11, 17, 70