Category Archives: Geography and Culture

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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Quite an eventful week in a modest sort of way

Posted on June 13, 1943 by felicityh54

                              13th June 1943 Dear Mother & Dad After quite an eventful week in a modest sort of way Sunday strikes a particularly quiet note and … Continue reading →

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Think of safety only and never mind promotion

Posted on February 28, 1943 by felicityh54

    February 14th 43 Dear Max We received a letter from you yesterday and were very pleased to hear you are reasonably happy under such trying conditions.  There’s no doubt Max you are standing up to the job remarkably … Continue reading →

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A change of scenery, and the best bread ever

Posted on February 3, 1943 by felicityh54

                    TX 1004 Max Hickman 33rd Platoon 25th Brigade 24th Jan 43 Dear Mother & Dad Although it was good to get your letters of the eleventh and eighteenth which along … Continue reading →

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A new cook, night time snake drama and a long distance debate

Posted on January 15, 1943 by felicityh54

    TX 1004 Max Hickman 33rd Platoon 25th Brigade 15th Jan 43 Dear Mother & Dad Just a few lines hoping to find you happy and well and enjoying life.  Mail has been very light on this week for … Continue reading →

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Forty million mosquitoes to the acre… but it seems the tide is turning

Posted on November 23, 1942 by felicityh54

  23rd Nov 1942 TX 1004 Max Hickman 33rd platoon 25th Brigade Carrier Group AIF   NG Dear Mother & Dad As you’ll see from the address I’m back with the mob – the uncertain state of flux – of … Continue reading →

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The last place on God’s earth to send women

Posted on November 2, 1942 by felicityh54

                                            TX 1004 Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF 2nd Nov 42 Dear Mother & Dad As the Tassie mail … Continue reading →

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More or less grounded; rumours emanating from the top, a dire shortage of paper and a bolt disappears into chest hair.

Posted on October 25, 1942 by felicityh54

                      TX 1004 Max Hickman 33rd Platoon 25th Brigade Carrier Group AIF NG 21st Oct 42 Dear Mother & Dad Strange as it may seem the address is the same … Continue reading →

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Dick’s kept pretty busy; we find a marvellous swimming spot

Posted on October 5, 1942 by felicityh54

TX 1004 Cpl M L Hickman 33rd Platoon Composite Carrier Group NGF New Guinea 5/10/42 Dear Mother & Dad As Mail has now become our only connecting link with civilisation you can well imagine how pleased I was to get … Continue reading →

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Meeting fearsome mosquitoes and Yanks with Frigidaires

Posted on October 1, 1942 by felicityh54

1st October 42 Dear Mother & Dad After quite a flood of rumours about complete suspension of mail and all that sort of thing it was a relief when Ack brought a bunch of mail out today and more pleasing … Continue reading →

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