Tag Archives: AWL

A night out in Haifa…and the consequences

Posted on June 4, 1941 by felicityh54

TX 1004 Pte Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF Abroad 4th June 1941 Dear Mother Once again from the shade of an olive branch I am writing to tell you that I’m fit and happy and hope this letter finds you … Continue reading →

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Could St John predict war’s end? Or maybe Einstein or Pythagoras?

Posted on May 5, 1941 by felicityh54

      TX 1004 Pte Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF Abroad 5th May 1941 Dear Mother Though still in the same area as when I last wrote you, we – that is the party to which I am for … Continue reading →

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Vindication for some, vengeance for others

Posted on May 1, 1941 by felicityh54

  TX 1004 Private M Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF Abroad 1st May 41 Dear Mother I’ve had four letters this week – all very newsy and interesting and all written around Easter – Youngsters on the 10th, yours on the … Continue reading →

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at sea post Durban: the crime of baldness

Posted on February 18, 1941 by felicityh54

TX 1004 Pte Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF Abroad (at sea) Dear Mother Once again we’re at sea after four days at Durban.  I told you in a letter posted in that city of our arrival there and of my … Continue reading →

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A good look round Durban

Posted on February 15, 1941 by felicityh54

                            TX 1004 Pte Max Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF Abroad 13th Feb 1941 Dear Mother After nearly five weeks at sea we’ve arrived at a modern seaport- … Continue reading →

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Guard duty on pay day, chocolates in the mail, snooker on picket duty

Posted on December 8, 1940 by felicityh54

TX 1004 Pte M Hickman 2/33rd Battalion AIF 8th Dec 1940 Dear Mother Once again Sunday comes round and so again I write you a resume of the week’s events.  Though I still haven’t had any mail from home – … Continue reading →

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London leave extends to AWL

Posted on July 21, 1940 by felicityh54

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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