The Major's Story of Percy Townend and Etaples
A veteran recalls Percy Townend nicknamed Hally Asx, his brigade's raid on a German trench near Ypres, and the fatal mix up that led to heavy losses. The Major reflects on courage, self-preservation, and the brutal realities of war in a tightly narrated wartime memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Poa
Salisbury Plain
Percy Townsend
Percival Townend
Hally Asx
Etaples
Tolent
Perey
Ypres
Corde
Frita
Gener
Wychetty
Bev
Fragment from trench saga reveals grim war remorse
Crouching in a shallow trench I recount witnessing comrades cut down by a fierce bombardment. I curse the telephonist for lying useless beside his instrument, if alive we could have directed our artillery to break the enemy fire and allow retreat to our lines.
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Powers That Be
Popperinges
Fritz
No Man's Land
Noewle
Bat
Ain
Emma
Percy
Sinclair
Shelly
Frits
English as She is Wrote and Local Council Errors
A humorous note on winter footpaths and council decisions. The piece mocks mixed singular plural agreement in local government prose, remarks on financial strain delaying concrete footpaths, and highlights garbled phrases from recent reporting. It mentions muddy roads, the Wimmera region, and a faulty building sighting.
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Mail
Falstaff
Council
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Peter K. Graeme
THE
National ‘Bank
Gauss
Pene Te
National Bank OF Australia Ltd. Capital
B. M. Challen
L.D.S
Vic
Univ. Melbourne
Hampshire Road
Sunshine
F. Ellingsen
Anderson Road
Wimmera
Lippsland
Mallee
Old Post
Cann's
Deer Park
Reed’s
Footscray
Forges the Big Drapers
Nicholson St. Footscray
Les Libbis
Sunshine Motor
Devonshire Road
Automobile Car Insurance
Sunshine Technical School
Geo. Baxter
Sunshine Timber Yards
Henderson & Gra
Oregon
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