{"id":11049,"date":"2014-01-26T03:53:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T03:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?page_id=11049"},"modified":"2014-01-26T03:53:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T03:53:46","slug":"digger-45","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?page_id=11049","title":{"rendered":"DIGGER 45"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DIGGER<\/a><\/p>\n

CONTENTS<\/strong> :<\/p>\n

Saving Hazebrouck: The Battle of the Lys, April 1918<\/b>, Geoff Lewis<\/i><\/p>\n

Lieutenant James O\u2019Brien, APC<\/b>, Paddy O\u2019Brien<\/i><\/p>\n

Private William Lucas, 6th<\/sup> MG Coy<\/b>, Stephen Brooks<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n

Petty Officer Telegraphist Arthur Swinden, RAN<\/b>, Greg Swinden<\/i><\/p>\n

Officers attending No. 1 School 1917 <\/b>[relates to cover photo], courtesy Jackie Walker<\/i><\/p>\n

Death on the Euripides<\/i>, 1914 [3rd<\/sup> Battalion]<\/b>, Justin Reading<\/i><\/p>\n

Bud the Monkey: A Nanny heroine<\/b>, Lin MacDonald (courtesy Russell Curley)<\/i><\/p>\n

Private Leslie Irvin [3rd<\/sup> Bn] describes a dugout<\/b>, courtesy Margot Piggott<\/i><\/p>\n

Private Edward Keefe, 48th<\/sup> Bn<\/b>, Yves Fohlen<\/i><\/p>\n

Australians buried at Dartmoor Cemetery, France<\/b>, Brett Arnfield<\/i><\/p>\n

Anzac commemorations in Picardy 2013<\/b>, courtesy John Payne<\/i><\/p>\n

The Coo-ee Statue fund-raising appeal<\/b>, Doug Diggs<\/i><\/p>\n

Private Thomas Wood, 12th<\/sup> Bn<\/b>, Greg Swinden<\/i><\/p>\n

Private Raitt [17th<\/sup> Bn] meets General Birdwood<\/b>, KW McKenzie MC<\/i><\/p>\n

Private William Williamson [18th<\/sup> Bn] and his three sons<\/b>, Stephen Brooks<\/i><\/p>\n

War narrative of Basil Williamson, AN&MEF [later 18th<\/sup> Bn]<\/b>, Basil Williamson<\/i><\/p>\n

Poem: \u2018AE1\u2019<\/i><\/b>, Del M\u2019Cay <\/i><\/p>\n

Memoirs of Corporal Eric Churches, 17th<\/sup> Bn, Part 2<\/b>, Eric Churches (courtesy Peter Benson)<\/i><\/p>\n

Private Arthur Bowman [17th<\/sup> Bn] and Miss Gwen Newman<\/b>, Graeme Hosken<\/i><\/p>\n

FFFAIF Committee 2013-14<\/b>, Russell Curley<\/i><\/p>\n

Lieutenant Hill [31st<\/sup> Bn], Captain Mond [RFC] and St George<\/b>, Neville Browning<\/i><\/p>\n

Bacchus Marsh Great War Centenary Committee<\/b>, Damien Strangio & Faye Threlfall<\/i><\/p>\n

Private Walter Smyth, 17th<\/sup> Bn<\/b>, Greg Smyth<\/i><\/p>\n

The old steel helmet<\/b>, Andrew MacDonald<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2018Fromelles to Nauroy\u2019: History of 31st<\/sup> Battalion released<\/b>, Neville Browning<\/i><\/p>\n

Surviving Messines: letter from 2\/Lt Richard Barton, 52nd<\/sup> Bn<\/b>, courtesy Dulcie Taylor<\/i><\/p>\n

Accidental deaths in the AIF<\/b>, <\/b>Heather (Frev) Ford<\/i><\/p>\n

Narrative by Cpl Len Jones, 3rd<\/sup> Bn, Part 7, <\/b>Len Jones (courtesy the Mannells)<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n

The Noakes brothers of Portarlington<\/b>, Stephen Ager CSM<\/i><\/p>\n

The mystery of the \u2018Lost Company of the 24th<\/sup> Battalion\u2019<\/b>, courtesy Stephen Ager CSM<\/i><\/p>\n

The Hyde Park Memorial, London & Fromelles ceremony, 19 July, 2013<\/b>, Geoff Lewis<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n

Yves Fohlen and Brendan Nelson at Bullecourt<\/b>, courtesy Yves Fohlen<\/i><\/p>\n

Fromelles\u2019 battlefield walking and cycling trail opened<\/b>, Geoff & Robyn Lewis<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CONTENTS : Saving Hazebrouck: The Battle of the Lys, April 1918, Geoff Lewis Lieutenant James O\u2019Brien, APC, Paddy O\u2019Brien Private William Lucas, 6th MG Coy, Stephen Brooks Petty Officer Telegraphist Arthur Swinden, RAN, Greg Swinden Officers attending No. 1 School … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":45,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11049","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11050,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11049\/revisions\/11050"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}