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  • Author note: In 1942 General Sir Thomas Blamey had an inscription cut to celebrate the capture of Damour [in Syria] by Australian troops under his command.

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Alternative title: Prasasti untuk Sungai Dog
First line of verse: "Our general was the greatest and bravest of generals.=Jenderal kamilah yang paling agung dan berani dari semua jenderal"
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Works about this Work

A Cure of Souls and Satin Boots : Kenneth Slessor as Satirist Dennis Haskell , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Poetic Satire 1995; (p. 22-43)
Tolling the Poet : Slessor's Unpoetic War Geoff Page , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , May 1986; (p. 8-9)
A Cure of Souls and Satin Boots : Kenneth Slessor as Satirist Dennis Haskell , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Poetic Satire 1995; (p. 22-43)
Tolling the Poet : Slessor's Unpoetic War Geoff Page , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , May 1986; (p. 8-9)
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    Syria,
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    Middle East, Asia,
  • 1940s
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