LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Major-General Sir John Monash, K.C.B., V.D. Frontispiece
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Facing 8
The Trip across was not as comfortable as it might have been 21
Church buildings seem to have received
special attention from
enemy artillery
Facing 25
When you are perfectly sober and imagine you’re not 26
‘Where are you going, my man?’ 31
The Ostrich 45
Despite good wishes from friends in the
Homeland it was
difficult to keep warm
51
A silent tribute to the brave Facing 54
To the Widows of France " 58
To see ourselves as others see us 81
With the aid of electric torches ... we descended to the cellar 84
‘Did you hear that one, Bill?’ Facing 87
The Illustrator feeling happy, yet looking ‘board’ " 94
‘She, smiling, takes the pennies’ " 106
Off to the Horse Show 111
Sweet and low 114
Taff Williams, Musical Director 114
Sir Douglas Haig, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., and
Sir A.J. Godley,
K.C.B., K.C.M.G., at the 2nd
Anzac Horse Show 116
‘Bon Soir’ 140
=’Over the top’=
From ‘there’ to ‘here’
Towards the end of November, 1916, our hopes of moving out from ’where we then were’ to ‘where we now are’ materialized to the evident satisfaction of all. Few, if any, cared as to our probable destination; the chief interest centred in the fact that we were to start for the Front. The time spent Somewhere in the Motherland was by no means wasted. Due regard had been paid to the training of the men, who reached a standard of efficiency which earned for the Division a reputation second to none. While in England the Third was the subject of scorn and bitter criticism. Older Divisions could not forget, and possibly regretted, the fact that they had had no such prolonged training in mock trenches and in inglorious safety. However, since leaving England the Division has lived down the scorn that was heaped upon it, by upholding the traditions handed down by older and more war-worn units. Recently the Division was referred to by a noted General as one of the best equipped and most efficient units not only amongst the Overseas Divisions but of the whole Army in France.