{"id":11228,"date":"2014-11-30T01:00:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T01:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?page_id=11228"},"modified":"2014-12-03T06:08:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T06:08:08","slug":"digger-47","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?page_id=11228","title":{"rendered":"DIGGER 47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Digger_issues\/DIGGER-47-cover-w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11229\" alt=\"DIGGER 47 cover w\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Digger_issues\/DIGGER-47-cover-w-203x300.jpg\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Digger_issues\/DIGGER-47-cover-w-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Digger_issues\/DIGGER-47-cover-w-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Digger_issues\/DIGGER-47-cover-w-694x1024.jpg 694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i>DIGGER<\/i><\/b><i> <\/i><b>47 Contents<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Articles<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>New Patron-in-Chief for FFFAIF<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>History, high ranks and the 40<sup>th<\/sup> Bn of 1918 at Heilly Cemetery<\/b><i>, Brett Arnfield<\/i><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Death of Major James McManamey 19<sup>th<\/sup> Bn<\/b>,<i> John Mulford<\/i><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Memoirs of Corporal Eric Churches, 17<sup>th<\/sup> Bn, Part 4<\/b><i>, Eric Churches (courtesy Peter Benson)<\/i><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Code for cables<\/b>,<i> Graeme Hosken<\/i><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Bud the Monkey: The lamb that got too fat<\/b>,<b> <\/b><i>Lin MacDonald (courtesy of Russell Curley)<\/i><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The Coronation Cadets<\/b><i>, Sue Tongue<\/i><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Coming home: Bert Bishop, 55<sup>th<\/sup> Bn, and George Mitchell, 48<sup>th<\/sup> Bn<\/b><i>, courtesy Sean McManus<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Lieutenant Charles Manning, AN&amp;MEF\/24<sup>th<\/sup> Bn<\/b><i>, Greg Knight<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>The Pearce brothers<\/b><i>, Stephen Brooks<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Football team identified<\/b><i>, Graeme Hosken with Stephen Brooks and Paul Stenhouse<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>The Turner and Benham brothers<\/b><i>, Stephen Ager CSM<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>A visit to the Western Front<\/b><i>, Louise Coman<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Provos and swords<\/b><i>, Trevor Munro<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>The APM<\/b>,<i> \u2018Centurion\u2019, courtesy Ray Black<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Lieutenant John Lee, 24<sup>th<\/sup> and 21<sup>st<\/sup> Bns<\/b>,<i> Margo Piggott<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Message to the Third Division, November 1916<\/b><i>, John Monash<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Narrative by Cpl Len Jones, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Bn, Part 9<\/b><i>, Len Jones (courtesy the Mannells)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Homeward bound<\/b><i>, Cpl Arthur Kelly, 5<sup>th<\/sup> FAB, courtesy Ray Black<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Private Bert Vandenbergh, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Bn<\/b><i>, Judith Green<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Poppy tile released<\/b><i>, courtesy Graham Hutchinson<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Private Cecil Smyth, 17<sup>th<\/sup> Bn<\/b><i>, Greg Smyth<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Anzac uniforms<\/b><i>, AAP, SBS News article<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Private Robert Holl, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Bn\/1<sup>st<\/sup> MG Coy<\/b><i>, Graeme Hosken<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Interview with Marc le Moal<\/b><i>, Graeme Hosken<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Lieutenant Alan Maney-Lake<\/b>,<b> 7<sup>th<\/sup> LHR<\/b><i>, Trevor Munro<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Lance Corporal John Carroll VC, 33<sup>rd<\/sup> Bn<\/b><i>, Andrew Pittaway<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Photo taken at Strazeele 1918<\/b>,<i> courtesy Sean McManus<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Privates Amor Mundy, 1<sup>st<\/sup> Bn, and George Mundy, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Bn<\/b><i>, \u2018The Advertiser\u2019, Barrie Brewer<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Extract from \u2018Snowy to the Somme\u2019<\/b><i>, Tim Cook<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>\u2018Digger\u2019 (poem)<\/b><i>, unknown author, courtesy Ray Black<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Private William Irwin DCM, 33<sup>rd<\/sup> Bn<\/b><i>, Rod Carpenter<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Corporal William Ryan, 31<sup>st<\/sup> Bn<\/b><i>, courtesy Geoffrey Benn<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>\u2018The Eleventh Hour\u2019 (poem)<\/b><i>, Lieutenant FS Tall, 6<sup>th<\/sup> (Army) FAB, courtesy Ray Black<\/i><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIGGER 47 Contents Articles \u00a0New Patron-in-Chief for FFFAIF History, high ranks and the 40th Bn of 1918 at Heilly Cemetery, Brett Arnfield Death of Major James McManamey 19th Bn, John Mulford Memoirs of Corporal Eric Churches, 17th Bn, Part 4, &hellip; 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