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To Jack Macarty Gallipoli
From Maud C
Will the finder please forward the book to Miss Carthew
Carlton
Oconner St
Haberfield
Sydney
and oblige a soldier mate
This book is the property of H Macarty
10th Inf. first Australia Forces
next of kin J Baker: Filsell St
Henly Park
Thebarton
Adelaide
Ammusing Incidents of War,
Pte to Turks, How many of you are over there,
Turks Tousands of us, Pte throwing a bomb, here divide this amongst you
Turks throw a bomb at N. Zealanders hits on the Head, fails to explode, examine it afterwards it is full of solids
Turks call us Fenians, Australia aboriginals, wasters no good at fighting, to determined to surrender though we are beaten,
Right wing 18 lbs guns in firing line Colonel Weir sits down for a chat gun is fired Colonel "am I hit" rises two feet in air
RSM, "Macarty your finger is in the soup"
Macarty "Its all right Sir, it is not hot"