Category Archives: Geography and Culture

Moresby not a bad little place but the jungle an incarnation of hell

Posted on September 25, 1942 by felicityh54

    TX 1004 Max Hickman 33rd platoon Composite Carrier Group NGF New Guinea 25/9/42 Dear Mother & Dad Just a few lines to let you know I’m still happy in the service and quite fit and well and hoping … Continue reading →

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A construction challenge, cafe comedy and a ‘real’ circus.

Posted on July 25, 1942 by felicityh54

                11th July 42 Dear Mother & Dad The rains seem to have set in for the day so we’ve retired to the tent for a while.  I’m in charge of a little … Continue reading →

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Chaps have to get married to get a spot of leave; stunts on iron rations

Posted on June 22, 1942 by felicityh54

                  Sunday 14 – 6 – 42 Dear Mother & Dad The good run of mail I mentioned in my last letter continues.  This week brought some more old letters – yours … Continue reading →

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Unreliable trains, demanding exercises, latest end-of-war prediction

Posted on June 8, 1942 by felicityh54

                            1st June 1942 Dear Mother & Dad I received your welcome letter of the 26th May today.  Sorry to hear the weather hasn’t been treating you … Continue reading →

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May 1942 : four letters from holding camp in Casino NSW

Posted on May 24, 1942 by felicityh54

    11th May 1942 Dear Mother & Dad I had hoped there would be a letter for me today but as the mail has been handed out I must have missed out.  Still it’ll probably come tomorrow.  That phone … Continue reading →

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Last letter from the Middle East…and the start of Operation Stepsister

Posted on February 8, 1942 by felicityh54

This is a letter to Mr and Mrs Laird whose family were very welcoming to Dad and his mate Graeme Watts on New Year’s Eve and subsequent days in January 1941.  I assume Dad asked them to send it to … Continue reading →

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A camel caravan in the snow

Posted on January 5, 1942 by felicityh54

              TX1004 Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF Abroad 5th January 1942 Dear Mother & Dad We’re into another year.  I wonder what it holds.  The passing of the old and the beginning of the … Continue reading →

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Two letters: a glorious seven days’ leave in the Holy Land

Posted on December 28, 1941 by felicityh54

    23rd Dec 1941 TX 1004 Max Hickman 2/33rd Battn AIF Abroad Dear Mother & Dad Just a few quick lines hoping to find you fit and happy.  I’m writing from the Australian Comfort Fund rooms in Tel-Aviv, being … Continue reading →

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Fancy thinking we’d commandeered her sheep!

Posted on November 4, 1941 by felicityh54

                            TX1004                                                   … Continue reading →

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Joining a rifle company engaged in road building

Posted on November 1, 1941 by felicityh54

                TX 1004 max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF Abroad 1st Nov 1941 Dear Mother & dad I’m a day ahead of schedule with my letter this week – with the dawn this morning … Continue reading →

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