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Cover photo: Charles Nurse, MM, stretcher-bearer of the 3rd<\/sup> Btn<\/span><\/p>\n

CONTENTS:<\/span><\/strong>
\nTrench talk
\nAustralia’s most-decorated Gallipoli hero: Capt Alfred Shout, VC, MM, 1st<\/sup> Btn
\nA tactful letter pertaining to Pte FT Bath, 18th<\/sup> Btn
\nJohn Laffin Travel Prize: 2006 Winning Essay by John Holland, UNSW
\nDigger profile: Sgt Charles Nurse, MM, 3rd<\/sup> Btn
\nWartime experiences of Sgt HJ Yeend, 24th<\/sup> Btn, Part 6
\nAustralian international cricketers in WWI
\nThe things you find: extracts from files of John Hodgins (depot service) and Harold Hodgins, 30th<\/sup> Btn)
\nFromelles – lest we forget (poem by N Kidd)
\nDigger profile: Pte Jack E Swinfield, 53rd<\/sup> Btn
\nCoves: \u2018War is hell, and good fun’ (WWI entertainment troops)
\nAnsetts, transport and war: Charlie Ansett, 3rd<\/sup> Div Supply Column
\nDigger profile: Lieut-Col William Cheeseman, MC, DSO, 30th<\/sup> & 53rd<\/sup> Btns
\nTaken prisoner at First Bullecourt: Pte LR Pezet, 15th<\/sup> Btn
\nPostcard and message from a French lady in Bailleul
\nAn aftermath of war: Richard Sindell, 20th<\/sup> Btn, AGMP, 1919 Tropical Force
\nMinister for Defence’s commemorative address, Gallipoli 2007
\nUnveiling of Pte William Gravell’s headstone in France (photos)
\nDigger profile: Pte Percy Minehan, 2nd<\/sup> Btn
\nThe grave on the left: L\/Cpl JA Launchbury, 25th<\/sup> MC Coy
\nMaxim machine gun (photo)
\nEtched in Stone, Part 18
\nDigger Quiz No. 19, with answers
\nThe 3rd<\/sup> Battalion bugle
\nJohn Laffin Travel Prize Presentation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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