Category Archives: Politics

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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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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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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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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A scrounging expedition with a tragic/ comic ending

Posted on June 6, 1943 by felicityh54

                            6th June 1943 Dear Mother & Dad I’m writing from a Guard tent – a very drab and uninspiring place to write letters but as I’ll … Continue reading →

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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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Constructing a log cabin with rock fireplace – interesting work

Posted on May 23, 1943 by felicityh54

  23rd May 1943 Dear Mother & Dad It’s nearly tea time and we’ve just knocked off having worked on a working bee proposition all day, so I’ve got to make the most of every minute between now and lights … 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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