DIGGER 58

CONTENTS

Articles

Private 955/3082 John Jensen DCM, MM 1st & 33rd Bns, Daryl Barker 3-10

The first saving of Villers-Bretonneux: Pte 203 Vivian Veale, 33rd Bn, contrib. by Bill Durrant 11-13

Extract from the memoirs of Pte 3178 Gordon Kiely, 59th Bn, courtesy of David Huggonson 13

Gibbs father and sons, Stephen Brooks 14-15

Letter from the Front, 1916: L/Cpl 4355 George Woods, 3rd Bn/1st DSC, found on Trove 15

Pte 6303 Angus Duncan McCallum, 16th Bn (captured at First Bullecourt), Wendy Mahoney 16-23

Unidentified officers of the 12th Machine Gun Company, Greg O’Reilly 24-34

Centenary of the Battles of Fromelles and Pozieres, 2016, John Boyd 35-37

Colour spread: Photos relating to the AIF on the Western Front in 1917, Various contributors 38-39

Tpr 166 Frank Gannon, 7th LHR, Gwenda Stanbridge 40-41

Hon. Col George Merrick Long CBE, DD, Maurice Campbell 42

For Valour: Anzac VC Recipients, 1917, Part 1, Geoff Lewis 43-56

Letter, 1915: Dvr 1609 Wilfred Stenner, 3rd FAB, found on Trove 56

Pte 6983 John Clement Rohan, 3rd Bn, Denis Pain 57-59

List of AIF Infantry COs, KIA, DOW or DOI, 1914-1919, Ross St Claire 59

WO1 Alexander Rose Falconer, 5th FAB, Part 2 of his diary, contrib. by Neil Falconer 60-65

Formation of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC), contrib. by Gareth Morgan, ASWWIAH 66

Capt Thomas Baker, No. 4 Squadron AFC, contrib. by Gareth Morgan, ASWWIAH 66-67

Air Mechanic 44 Francis Adams, No. 30 Sqdn RFC, contrib. by Gareth Morgan, ASWWIAH 67

Diaries of L/Cpl William Lycett, 4th F Amb/15th LROC, Part 9, contributed by Tim Lycett 68-72

Tpr Alex Chrystal, 6th LHR, Trevor Munro and Graeme Hosken 73-74

Regular features

Trench Talk and Contact/Membership details 2

DIGGER Quiz No. 58: Prisoners of War, Maurice Campbell 23

Answers to DIGGER Quiz 41

Etched in Stone, Russell Curley and Jim Corkery 75