Category Archives: The Army

Still in Limbo – but no cause for complaint – 3 letters

Posted on October 7, 1943 by felicityh54

                              TX 1004 Sgt M Hickman 2/33rd Battn AIF 28th Sept 43 Dear Mother Your welcome letter of the 23rd arrived yesterday – glad to know … Continue reading →

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You got the wrong impression… I wasn’t at Lae

Posted on September 22, 1943 by felicityh54

  TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman 2/33rd Battn AIF 22nd Sept 43 Dear Mother Your welcome letter of the 15th arrived today.  Sorry to hear you’ve been sick Mother and hope you’re alright again now.  The weather seems just as … Continue reading →

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Attending a school…or not? – two letters

Posted on September 13, 1943 by felicityh54

                                TX 1004 Max Hickman 2/33rd Btn AIF 13th Sept 43 envelope – ‘Opened by Censor’ Dear Mother Just a few lines hoping to find … Continue reading →

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A gruelling exercise and the wrath of the censor

Posted on September 4, 1943 by felicityh54

  TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman 2/33rd Battn AIF 4th Sept 43 Dear Mother & Dad I’m in a power of strife here.  I’ve got a stack of letters – a bunch of them arrived during a battalion exercise and … Continue reading →

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Meals, movies, mortars and motivational speeches… something’s afoot

Posted on August 29, 1943 by felicityh54

                                TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF 29th Aug 43 Dear Mother & Dad Just a few lines hoping to find you both … Continue reading →

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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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Two letters – but only one intact

Posted on August 14, 1943 by felicityh54

              TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman 2/33rd Btn AIF 8th Aug 43 Dear Mother & Dad Another Sunday has come round and of course that means that except for church parade the day is … 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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Pretending to be somewhere else… practically no news

Posted on July 30, 1943 by felicityh54

            TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman 2/33rd Battn AIF 30th July 43   Dear Mother & Dad Just a few lines hoping to find you happy and well.  The mail came along so quickly last … 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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