Category Archives: Australian

Fun and Games away from the parade ground

Posted on May 30, 1943 by felicityh54

                                  30 – 5 – 43 Dear Mother & Dad I’ve got three quarters of an hour before Church Parade so will make a … Continue reading →

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Christmas in New Guinea: two letters

Posted on December 30, 1942 by felicityh54

                TX 1004 Max Hickman 33rd Platoon 25th Brigade 25th Dec 1942   Dear Mother & Dad As you have probably already noticed I’m writing this letter on Christmas day and I suppose … Continue reading →

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Fellows would have to stand twice in the one place to throw a shadow

Posted on December 15, 1942 by felicityh54

              TX 1004 Max Hickman 33rd Platoon 25th Brigade Carrier Group AIF New Guinea 15 – 12 – 42 Dear Mother & Dad It never rains but what it pours.  I’ve had another two … 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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Scarce writeable news – of food, friends and a variety of rackets

Posted on August 16, 1942 by felicityh54

  6th August 42 Dear Mother & Dad I received your welcome letter of the third last Wed, together with one from Ivy and a parcel from Anne – two tins (scallops I think) – there’s no labels on them … Continue reading →

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Comfortable conditions in Petrie camp as the war comes ever closer

Posted on August 2, 1942 by felicityh54

                        2nd August 42 Dear Mother & Dad I was beginning to think I might not get time to write this weekend.  A flood of duties and various other … Continue reading →

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Too slow for the convoy, with the war on our doorstep: travelling home on the SS Pundit

Posted on April 4, 1942 by felicityh54

        Photos: Dick Lewis                                   Rough weather in the Bight TX 1004 Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF 4th April 1942 Dear … Continue reading →

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The weekly bulletin…such as it is

Posted on March 10, 1942 by felicityh54

                    From H Hickman Pottery Rd  Lenah Valley Hobart Tasmania Sunday March 1st 42 Dear Max I have just come home from the hospital.  Your mother is doing remarkably well.  She … Continue reading →

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A good thing for the war effort, that there’s a Labor government in Canberra.

Posted on January 17, 1942 by felicityh54

              TX1004 Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF Abroad 17th Jan 1942     Dear Mother & Dad In spite of the Japs and everything else the postal authorities continue to do a hell of … Continue reading →

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A dearth of political leadership, farcical propaganda…and a scarcity of Nugget

Posted on December 4, 1941 by felicityh54

                            TX1004 Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF Abroad 4th Dec 1941 Dear Mother & Dad I received your welcome letters yesterday and they both made good reading … Continue reading →

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