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Excerpt from Over There With the Australians
I AM a scout; nature, inclination, and fate put me into that branch of army service. In trying to tell Australia''s story I have of necessity en larged on the work of the scouts, not because theirs is more important than other branches of the service, nor they braver than their comrades of other units. Nor do I want it to be thought that we undergo greater danger than machine gunners, grenadiers, light trench -mortar men, or other specialists. But, frankly, I don''t know much about any other man''s job but my own, and less than I ought to about that. To introduce you to the spirit, action, and ideals of the Australian army I have to intrude my own personality, and if in the following pages what I did comes out rather strongly, please remember I am but one of the boys, and have done not nearly as good work as ten thousand more.
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I AM a scout; nature, inclination, and fate put me into that branch of army service. In trying to tell Australia''s story I have of necessity en larged on the work of the scouts, not because theirs is more important than other branches of the service, nor they braver than their comrades of other units. Nor do I want it to be thought that we undergo greater danger than machine gunners, grenadiers, light trench -mortar men, or other specialists. But, frankly, I don''t know much about any other man''s job but my own, and less than I ought to about that. To introduce you to the spirit, action, and ideals of the Australian army I have to intrude my own personality, and if in the following pages what I did comes out rather strongly, please remember I am but one of the boys, and have done not nearly as good work as ten thousand more.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
R. Hugh Knyvett
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780364111253
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 369
Paperback
Contributors
Author
R. Hugh Knyvett
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781332448166
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 371
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