Category Archives: Censorship

Every day we read the Germans are using their last reserves

Posted on August 21, 1941 by felicityh54

TX 1004 Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF Abroad 21st August 1941 Dear Mother & dad I was very pleased to get your letter yesterday along with Youngster’s and one from Jack.  Yours and Youngster’s are as regular as clockwork – … Continue reading →

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At last – a visit to Ken, post amputation – and news of Japanese aggression

Posted on August 15, 1941 by felicityh54

  TX 1004 Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF Abroad 15th August 1941 Dear Mother & Dad I think I’ve told you in several letters that I’ve been trying to get down to see Ken.  My numerous efforts having been unavailing, … Continue reading →

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Christmas, censors, cards, concerts, camels, canteens

Posted on March 11, 1941 by felicityh54

TX  1004 Pte Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF Abroad 11th March 1941 (I believe the sharks got all our Christmas parcels – of course there are sharks and sharks) Dear May At long last we have arrived somewhere in Palestine – … Continue reading →

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Visit to the dentist, then two days’ pay for one feed

Posted on November 24, 1940 by felicityh54

TX 1004 Pte M Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF 24th Nov 1940 Dear Mother I have just come back from the Dentist – a cheerful subject to start a letter however such is the condition of news – decidedly light on.  … Continue reading →

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Our job is watching and waiting

Posted on November 17, 1940 by felicityh54

          Dear Mother Even though it seems ages since I heard from you – about a month I think – I could write you quite a good letter but for the fact that the sergeant who … Continue reading →

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Somewhere in England June 1940

Posted on June 25, 1940 by felicityh54

  Letterhead: YMCA – including instructions on how to address mail, and the invocation to Write Home First TX 1004 Gunner Hickman 1st Antitank Regt AIF Overseas Somewhere in England Dear Mother At long last we are on terra firma … Continue reading →

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May 1940 Sydney

Posted on May 19, 1940 by felicityh54

Letterhead: Hotel Grand Central , 151 Clarence St, Sydney Dear Mother I haven’t written before because one of our chaps who’s in the office said that mail was being held because too much information is spreading.  But as we have … Continue reading →

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