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Category Archives: pay and conditions
Christmas, censors, cards, concerts, camels, canteens
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
War Diary Feb 28 – March 10 1941
Friday 28th Feb Early shift 6 – 8. Clean guns shave head and massage with olive oil – good days sunshine – not nearly as severe as expected in Red Sea. Boys got stuck into the hops in the … Continue reading
Glasgow to Durban aboard the Nea Hellas
January 12 – February 10 1941 There are no letters from this period, although Dad mentions writing them many times in his diary. Diary entries for this period are as follows: 12th January Sailed with the tide at dawn. Land … Continue reading
Visit to the dentist, then two days’ pay for one feed
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
You blokes were only soldiers….letter to ‘Bert’
11th Sept 1940 TX1004 Private M Hickman 72nd Battalion 25th Brigade AIF Dear Bert Just a line from Blighty to let you know we’re still afloat. We had a great trip over on the Old Mary – she’s a wonderful … Continue reading
Mail, Misdemeanours and English hospitality August 1940
7th August 1940 TX1004 Private Hickman 72nd Battalion 25th Brigade AIF United Kingdom Dear Mother I received my first Australian mail yesterday and today. Yesterday I had a letter from youngster written from Sydney on the 6th June and today … Continue reading
London leave extends to AWL
TX 1004 Private ML Hickman 72nd Battalion 25th Brigade AIF United Kingdom 21st July 1940 Dear Mother I have just returned from 36 hours London leave and I think I can write you a very newsy letter of that wonderful … Continue reading
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