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'A Tribute t the Memory of Captain Shout', Alex McQueen, the Anzac Memorial, p. 99 (Image courtesy of the Fryer Library)
A Tribute to the Memory of Captain Shout : On Behalf of 1st Battalion single work   poetry   war literature   "Halt! Attention! First Battalion!"
Alternative title: Captain Shout VC
Issue Details: First known date: 1916... 1916 A Tribute to the Memory of Captain Shout : On Behalf of 1st Battalion
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A poem in honour of Captain Alfred Shout, VC, MC (1882-1915), 1st Battalion AIF, who died from wounds received at Gallipoli.

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    y separately published work icon Anzac Memorial Anzac Memorial : 25th April 1915 Alfred George Stephens (editor), Sydney : Returned Soliders Association , 1916 Z1658250 1916 anthology prose poetry war literature Sydney : Returned Soliders Association , 1916 pg. 99
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon There's No Glory in War : The Gallipoli Diary and Poems of Alex McQueen 1878-1968 Alex McQueen , John McNamara (editor), Sue Spence (editor), Yamba : Port of Yamba Historical Society , 2012 Z1911208 2012 single work life story diary poetry war literature 'Alex McQueen enlisted in the First Battalion 1st Brigade of the AIF on 17th August, 1914, at the age of thirty six. He survived the landing at Gallipoli and served 'One hundred and ten days of hell' before being seriously wounded and returned to Australia in September 1915. Alex McQueen's diary is a graphic account of the conditions endured by our soldiers in World War I. ... He makes frequent reference to his fellow soldiers from the Clarence Valley, many of whom did not return from the bloody battlefields as he did.' (Preface) Yamba : Port of Yamba Historical Society , 2012 pg. 89
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