Some day cold and formal histories will record the deeds and
performances of the Australian soldiery; but it is not to them that we
shall turn for an illumination of his true character. It is to stories
such as these which follow, of his daily life, of his psychology, of
his personality, that we must look. And we shall look not in vain,
when, as in the following pages, the tale has been written down by one
of themselves, who has lived and worked among them, and who
understands them in a spirit of true sympathy and comradeship. The
Author of these sketches is himself true to his type, and an
embodiment of all that is most worthy and most admirable in the
Australian soldier.

JOHN MONASH, _Major-General_.




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FROM 'THERE' TO 'HERE' 17

AUSTRALIANS--IN VARIOUS MOODS 28

SUNDAY, 'SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE' 42

SOLDIERS' SUPERSTITIONS 49