Tag Archives: Rex Wedd

A tongue in cheek verse and a couple of airgraphs in the mail bundle

Posted on December 20, 1943 by

                                TX 1004 Sgt Max Hickman NGF Training Sch New Guinea 20th Dec 43 Dear Mother & Dad I’m a bit behind with my letters … Continue reading →

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A gruelling exercise and the wrath of the censor

Posted on September 4, 1943 by

  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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Two letters – but only one intact

Posted on August 14, 1943 by

              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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Even the tax collectors couldn’t keep track of us….

Posted on February 24, 1943 by

                              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 →

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Dick’s kept pretty busy; we find a marvellous swimming spot

Posted on October 5, 1942 by

TX 1004 Cpl M L Hickman 33rd Platoon Composite Carrier Group NGF New Guinea 5/10/42 Dear Mother & Dad As Mail has now become our only connecting link with civilisation you can well imagine how pleased I was to get … Continue reading →

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Chaps have to get married to get a spot of leave; stunts on iron rations

Posted on June 22, 1942 by

                  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 →

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Every day we read the Germans are using their last reserves

Posted on August 21, 1941 by

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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Peaceful prelude to dramatic evacuation

Posted on June 15, 1941 by

  TX 1004 Pte M L Hickman 2/33 Battn AIF Sunday 15th June 41 Dear Mother Just a few lines from the shade of a fig tree hoping to find you, dad and the boys as happy and well as … Continue reading →

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