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| Subject: One for the Aussies | |
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Author: Syd Young (G'Day) |
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Date Posted: Friday, May 23, 10:43:55am > Life in the Australian Army... > > Text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga to Mum and Dad. > (For Those of you not in the know, Eromanga is a small town, west of > Quilpie in the far south west of Queensland ) > > > > > Dear Mum & Dad, > > I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers Doug > and Phil that the Army is better than workin' on the farm - tell them to > get in bloody quick smart before the jobs are all gone! I wuz a bit slow > in settling down at first, because ya don't hafta get outta bed until > 6am. But I like sleeping in now, cuz all ya gotta do before brekky is > make ya bed and shine ya boots and clean ya uniform. No bloody cows to > milk, no calves to feed, no feed to stack - nothin'!! Ya haz gotta > shower though, but its not so bad, coz there's lotsa hot water and even > a light to see what ya doing! > > At brekky ya get cereal, fruit and eggs but there's no > kangaroo steaks or possum stew like wot Mum makes. You don't get fed > again until noon and by that time all the city boys are buggered because > we've been on a 'route march' - geez its only just like walking to the > windmill in the back paddock!! > > This one will kill me brothers Doug and Phil with > laughter. I keep getting medals for shootin' - dunno why. The bullseye > is as big as a bloody possum's bum and it don't move and it's not firing > back at ya like the Johnsons did when our big scrubber bull got into > their prize cows before the Ekka last year! All ya gotta do is make > yourself comfortable and hit the target - it's a piece of piss!! You > don't even load your own cartridges, they comes in little boxes, and ya > don't have to steady yourself against the rollbar of the roo shooting > truck when you reload! > > Sometimes ya gotta wrestle with the city boys and I gotta > be real careful coz they break easy - it's not like fighting with Doug > and Phil and Jack and Boori and Steve and Muzza all at once like we do > at home after the muster. > Turns out I'm not a bad boxer either and it looks like > I'm the best the platoon's got, and I've only been beaten by this one > bloke from the Engineers - he's 6 foot 5 and 15 stone and three pick > handles across the shoulders and as ya know I'm only 5 foot 7 and eight > stone wringin' wet, but I fought him till the other blokes carrie d me > off to the boozer. > > I can't complain about the Army - tell the boys to get in > quick before word gets around how bloody good it is. > > Your loving daughter, > > Sheila [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Re: One for the Aussies | alf corbyn (plymouth devon r 397928) | Friday, May 23, 10:52:14am |
| Re: One for the Aussies | mick cresswell R678920 | Saturday, May 24, 06:10:04am |
| Re: One for the Aussies | Des Taff Jenkins (Happy for Syd and Alf) | Saturday, May 24, 08:36:41am |
| Re: One for the Aussies | Glenn Baker R779822 | Saturday, May 24, 11:31:53am |
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| Re: One for the Aussies | alf corbyn (plymouth devon r 397928) | Saturday, May 24, 01:45:37pm |