LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Major-General Sir John Monash, K.C.B., V.D. Frontispiece

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  The Author Facing 8

The Trip across was not as comfortable as it might have been 21

Church buildings seem to have received special attention from
enemy artillery Facing 25

When you are perfectly sober and imagine you’re not 26

‘Where are you going, my man?’ 31

  The Ostrich 45

  Despite good wishes from friends in the Homeland it was
    difficult to keep warm 51

  A silent tribute to the brave Facing 54

  To the Widows of France " 58

  To see ourselves as others see us 81

  With the aid of electric torches ... we descended to the cellar 84

  ‘Did you hear that one, Bill?’ Facing 87

  The Illustrator feeling happy, yet looking ‘board’ " 94

  ‘She, smiling, takes the pennies’ " 106

  Off to the Horse Show 111

  Sweet and low 114

  Taff Williams, Musical Director 114

  Sir Douglas Haig, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., and Sir A.J.  Godley,
    K.C.B., K.C.M.G., at the 2nd Anzac Horse Show 116

  ‘Bon Soir’ 140

=’Over the top’=

From ‘there’ to ‘here’

Towards the end of November, 1916, our hopes of moving out from ’where we then were’ to ‘where we now are’ materialized to the evident satisfaction of all.  Few, if any, cared as to our probable destination; the chief interest centred in the fact that we were to start for the Front.  The time spent Somewhere in the Motherland was by no means wasted.  Due regard had been paid to the training of the men, who reached a standard of efficiency which earned for the Division a reputation second to none.  While in England the Third was the subject of scorn and bitter criticism.  Older Divisions could not forget, and possibly regretted, the fact that they had had no such prolonged training in mock trenches and in inglorious safety.  However, since leaving England the Division has lived down the scorn that was heaped upon it, by upholding the traditions handed down by older and more war-worn units.  Recently the Division was referred to by a noted General as one of the best equipped and most efficient units not only amongst the Overseas Divisions but of the whole Army in France.