DIGGER 19

Cover photo: Charles Nurse, MM, stretcher-bearer of the 3rd Btn

CONTENTS:
Trench talk
Australia’s most-decorated Gallipoli hero: Capt Alfred Shout, VC, MM, 1st Btn
A tactful letter pertaining to Pte FT Bath, 18th Btn
John Laffin Travel Prize: 2006 Winning Essay by John Holland, UNSW
Digger profile: Sgt Charles Nurse, MM, 3rd Btn
Wartime experiences of Sgt HJ Yeend, 24th Btn, Part 6
Australian international cricketers in WWI
The things you find: extracts from files of John Hodgins (depot service) and Harold Hodgins, 30th Btn)
Fromelles – lest we forget (poem by N Kidd)
Digger profile: Pte Jack E Swinfield, 53rd Btn
Coves: ‘War is hell, and good fun’ (WWI entertainment troops)
Ansetts, transport and war: Charlie Ansett, 3rd Div Supply Column
Digger profile: Lieut-Col William Cheeseman, MC, DSO, 30th & 53rd Btns
Taken prisoner at First Bullecourt: Pte LR Pezet, 15th Btn
Postcard and message from a French lady in Bailleul
An aftermath of war: Richard Sindell, 20th Btn, AGMP, 1919 Tropical Force
Minister for Defence’s commemorative address, Gallipoli 2007
Unveiling of Pte William Gravell’s headstone in France (photos)
Digger profile: Pte Percy Minehan, 2nd Btn
The grave on the left: L/Cpl JA Launchbury, 25th MC Coy
Maxim machine gun (photo)
Etched in Stone, Part 18
Digger Quiz No. 19, with answers
The 3rd Battalion bugle
John Laffin Travel Prize Presentation