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Australian troops stumble on dying Aussie Billy La Salle tale
The narrative recounts Billy La Salle, an Australian wounded in Belgium, who asks to send his young savior back to hospital with him, marries the girl to fulfill the request, and later recovers. It then shifts to wartime clashes with National Guard prejudice and a police chief’s brisk command style, ending with a Scottish castle ghost legend linked to a mysterious body discovery.
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Belgium
Billy la Salle
Billy
la Salle
England
Australia
Mrs. la Salle
States
National Guard
William Shinnick
Chicago Tribune
Chateau-Therry
Gammon
Fourth Infantry
Isto Apd
Sergeant Gammon
Leutenant
Matthias Crowley
Brooklyn
N. Y
Crowley
Western Newspaper Union