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Category Archives: parcels
On Sundays, thoughts go to family, friends, beer and tobacco.
TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman NGF Training Sch. New Guinea 5th December 43 Dear Mother & Dad Just a few lines hoping to find … Continue reading
Even the tax collectors couldn’t keep track of us….
TX 1004 Max Hickman 2/33rd Platoon 25th Brigade attached 7th Aust Mach Gun Btn 24th Feb 1943 Dear Mother & Dad At long last the … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drink, Letters to/ from others, organisation, parcels, The course of the war
Tagged militia, Rex Wedd, Ted Elliott
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Christmas in New Guinea: two letters
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
More or less grounded; rumours emanating from the top, a dire shortage of paper and a bolt disappears into chest hair.
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
Scarce writeable news – of food, friends and a variety of rackets
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
Posted in Australian, Food and Drink, gambling and drinking, leave, parcels
Tagged Ack Hallam, Claude Hill, investments, John McGrow, money, petrol rations
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Chaps have to get married to get a spot of leave; stunts on iron rations
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
Posted in Carrier platoon, leave, parcels, Queensland, The course of the war, training, Uncategorized
Tagged Ken Jenkins, Len Woodlock, Ray Ross, Rex Wedd, Rommel, Tobruk
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Unreliable trains, demanding exercises, latest end-of-war prediction
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
Posted in leave, parcels, Queensland, The course of the war, training
Tagged Brisbane, saluting, trains, uniforms
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Two letters: a glorious seven days’ leave in the Holy Land
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
Posted in Food and Drink, Geography and Culture, leave, Middle East, parcels, pay and conditions, Uncategorized
Tagged Christmas, food costs, gifts, Jerusalem, Jim McDonnell
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A dearth of political leadership, farcical propaganda…and a scarcity of Nugget
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
Posted in Australian, Food and Drink, leave, parcels
Tagged Albert Ogilvie, General Blamey, Ken Jenkins
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