Author Archives: felicityh54

A gruelling exercise and the wrath of the censor

Posted on September 4, 1943 by felicityh54

  TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman 2/33rd Battn AIF 4th Sept 43 Dear Mother & Dad I’m in a power of strife here.  I’ve got a stack of letters – a bunch of them arrived during a battalion exercise and … Continue reading →

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Meals, movies, mortars and motivational speeches… something’s afoot

Posted on August 29, 1943 by felicityh54

                                TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF 29th Aug 43 Dear Mother & Dad Just a few lines hoping to find you both … Continue reading →

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Politics of the federal, RSL and gender varieties

Posted on August 22, 1943 by felicityh54

    TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF 22nd Aug Dear Mother & Dad I guess as I write your ears are tuned to the wireless as the counting has probably started and lots of people who have … Continue reading →

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Two letters – but only one intact

Posted on August 14, 1943 by felicityh54

              TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman 2/33rd Btn AIF 8th Aug 43 Dear Mother & Dad Another Sunday has come round and of course that means that except for church parade the day is … Continue reading →

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News from around the world thanks to Guinea Gold

Posted on August 1, 1943 by felicityh54

            TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman 2/33rd Battn AIF 1st Aug 43 Dear Mother & Dad I received your welcome letter of the 25th this morning along with one from May and another from youngster … Continue reading →

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Pretending to be somewhere else… practically no news

Posted on July 30, 1943 by felicityh54

            TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman 2/33rd Battn AIF 30th July 43   Dear Mother & Dad Just a few lines hoping to find you happy and well.  The mail came along so quickly last … Continue reading →

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A mighty humorous show…. awaiting deployment

Posted on July 22, 1943 by felicityh54

  TX1004 Sgt Max Hickman 2/33rd Battn AIF 22nd July 43 Dear Mother & Dad I’ve had two very interesting letters from you this week.  One yesterday and one this morning.  The one I got this morning was written on … Continue reading →

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Money to be made by various means

Posted on July 18, 1943 by felicityh54

                  TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman 2/33rd Battn AIF Aust 18th July 1943 Best wishes for a Happy Birthday Mother Dear Mother & Dad Just a few lines hoping to find you … Continue reading →

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Bloody beautiful whiskey and a tough stunt: two letters

Posted on July 10, 1943 by felicityh54

                TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman 2/33rd Battn AIF Aust 4th July 1943 Dear Mother & Dad After a full week without any letters it was good to collect three today – yours, … Continue reading →

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Construction project – a ‘pit’ for the officers – takes precedence over training

Posted on June 27, 1943 by felicityh54

                                          27th June 1943 (not on army-issue paper) Dear Mother & Dad Once again having got through with the devil-dodging … Continue reading →

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