{"id":29,"date":"2007-11-10T17:25:53","date_gmt":"2007-11-10T06:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/digger\/digger-20\/"},"modified":"2019-01-05T06:19:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T20:19:34","slug":"digger-20","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?page_id=29","title":{"rendered":"DIGGER 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Bu<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">mper 60 page Issue<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/DIGGER_Front_pages\/digger-20-sep-2007-Cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12625 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/DIGGER_Front_pages\/digger-20-sep-2007-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cover photo: Members of the 9<sup>th<\/sup> MG Coy at training<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">CONTENTS:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Trench talk<br \/>\nIn the charge at Fromelles: Sergeant John G Ridley, 53<sup>rd<\/sup> Btn<\/span> Best mates: Captains JH Fletcher and JA Mahoney, 24<sup>th<\/sup> Btn<br \/>\nDigger profile: Driver Robert Armstrong, 1<sup>st<\/sup> RANBT<br \/>\n2007 Fromelles Service at Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park<br \/>\nCorporal Ernest Corey, MM &amp; three Bars<br \/>\nThe Digger with two graves: Private Victor Worthington, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Btn<br \/>\nWWI concert party (photo<br \/>\nIn search of Cpl Ross Smith, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Btn<br \/>\nLetters pertaining to the death of Cpl John B Ison, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Btn<br \/>\nWartime experiences of Sgt HJ Yeend, 24<sup>th<\/sup> Btn, Part 7<br \/>\nDigger profile: Pte FJ Dalloway, 1<sup>st<\/sup> MG Btn<br \/>\nDigger profile: Lieut James Stewart, MM &amp; Bar, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> DSC &amp; 27<sup>th<\/sup> Btn<br \/>\nWWI exhibits at the RAN Heritage Centre, Garden Island (photos plus captions)<br \/>\nDiscovering his father: Pte Albert H Fleetwood, 46<sup>th<\/sup> Btn<br \/>\nBurial of 2885 Pte Robert Cameron, 45<sup>th<\/sup> Btn, at sea (news clipping)<br \/>\nDigger profile: BSM Reginald R Radford MM, 8<sup>th<\/sup> Bty, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> AFA<br \/>\nSecret victims of WWI (Belgian news clipping 1936)<br \/>\nDeath by suicide: Sgt Percy Newman, 57<sup>th<\/sup> Btn<br \/>\nDigger profile: Pte Thomas H Kitchen, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Btn<br \/>\nOn a gift of leaves (poem by Cpl ER Henry, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Btn)<br \/>\nDigger profile: L\/Cpl Reginald Benson, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Btn<br \/>\nAnzac Day on the Salisbury Plains, 2007<br \/>\nDigger profile: Sgt James V Lihou, DCM &amp; Bar, MM, 13<sup>th<\/sup> Btn<br \/>\nAge and determination (stories from Inglewood Advertiser, 1915\/16)<br \/>\nDigger profile: Pte James Paterson, 49<sup>th<\/sup> Btn<br \/>\nA shameful waste: Lieut Walter O Summers, 23<sup>rd<\/sup> Btn<br \/>\nSnipers, boils and bombs (stories from Inglewood Advertiser, 1916\/17)<br \/>\nDigger profile: Signaller Morris Mundy, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> DSC<br \/>\nGerman in name only: Ern Heitmann, MM, 57<sup>th<\/sup> Btn<br \/>\nTall stories (Inglewood Advertiser, 1915\/16)<br \/>\nBill&#8217;s Crucifix (a story by Sapper Arnold Caldwell, 14<sup>th<\/sup> FCE)<br \/>\nJohn Laffin Memorial Lecture: (1) Report (2) Lecture given by Sam McSkimming<br \/>\nEtched in Stone, Part 19<br \/>\nDigger Quiz No. 20, with answers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bumper 60 page Issue Cover photo: Members of the 9th MG Coy at training CONTENTS: Trench talk In the charge at Fromelles: Sergeant John G Ridley, 53rd Btn Best mates: Captains JH Fletcher and JA Mahoney, 24th Btn Digger profile: &hellip; 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