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Newspaper
Yea Chronicle
Location
Yea, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
6
Mixed clippings weave jokes and poems about soldiers and sweethearts with a vignette on a heroic Australian officer Maygar. The piece blends camp humor, home front nostalgia, and wartime pride, recalling romantic verses and public notices amid a broader war news milieu.
A playful wartime lyric lauds Sir Julian Byng and his tanks with chants of Bing and Hing as they march to war. The piece blends mock military cadence with comic phrases and a chorus celebrating victory and glory.
An extract from a WWI era letter by a driver who enlisted on August 12, 1914, expressing resolve to finish the job for the Motherland. It recalls training near Cheaps Tamb, facing gas, gunfire, and harsh conditions from North Sea to Flanders, with the line I am not downhearted yet remaining a steadfast creed.
A report outlines how missing soldiers are traced through field inquiries, Red Cross cooperation, and prisoner hospital information. It notes officers and families differ in obtaining reliable updates, with Red Cross and German-site inquiries guiding official conclusions.
The text describes how lists circulated via prisoner of war camps and hospitals to inform on missing personnel. It notes communications to Germany and other enemy countries, the delay in declaring death, and the hopeful belief a missing officer might still be alive. It recalls the dangers faced near No Man's Land early in the war.
Muriel Starr recounts her return to Australia after a lengthy U S tour. She describes renewed health and energy, the excitement of opening in The Bird of Paradise in Melbourne on December 22, and the Hawaiian theme of the production. Starr notes U S war effort support and asks about starting a Hawaiian restaurant here while praising fellow actors seen during her trip.
A parson tests a boy with a riddle about the sun and moon. the boy answers with the moon and then a playful claim that the sun is the moon. The exchange ends with a humorous misfit remark about sobriety. Also a short joke about a husband’s birthday gift and a railway engine misnaming.
Captain David Follon describes the modern use of bombs in Western Front warfare. He explains improvised grenades, bombing parties, and coordinated advances to take trenches, destroy machine guns, and disrupt enemy wire, with teams passing bombs along a living chain under heavy fire.
A detailed wartime narrative describes aerial observers, trench warfare, and combat drama. The piece highlights machine gun fire, bombing parties, aviators guiding attacks, and counteractions as soldiers push through no man's land, with emphasis on captures, counterattacks, and the dangers of frontline operations.
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