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Issue Details: First known date: 1918... 1918 Recollections of a Soldier's Life and Sundry Verse
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Notes

  • 'by a Returned Soldier'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ballarat, Ballarat area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,: Herbert Scanlon , 1918 .
      Printed by Baxter and Stubbs
      Extent: 28p.
      Written as: A Returned Soldier (Pte H. Scanlon)
      Note/s:
      • 'Being memories of the brighter side of life in the A.I.F.' (Title page)
      • Dedication: In appreciation to G.H.L., E.C.I.H., and S.J.H.
      • Introduction: 'The contents of this little book have been written from the many incidents that fall to a soldier's lot in camp and on the field. The writer has tried to show some at least of the brighter lights that shine in the life of a soldier, even 'midst the din of battle, as well as round the camp fire. "Sint ut sunt, aut non sint."'
    • Daylesford, Daylesford area, Creswick - Daylesford area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,: F. J. Burkby , 1918 .
      Extent: 26p.
      Written as: A Returned Soldier (H. Scanlon)
      Note/s:
      • Introduction: 'This little booklet was written some time after the writer returned home from active service. He has tried to show in the following pages how the good times easily outbalance the hard times ; also the comradship that exists in His Majesty's forces.' S.J.H.
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