Harry Hawkins and Edith May Forshaw - 'All Australians Had Plenty of Money and Gold Teeth: a digger's diary: his daughter's memoirs', collated by Amy Auster and Arron Wood, 2002 - Page 4

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This is my expericines in the Worlds War of (1914-1918).   I wont be to sure as to the Dates from the time we left Egypt up to the Pozieres Battle But after that Dates and Towns are correct as far as the 1st Btn and myself

Harry Hawkins

I enlisted at Victoria Barracks on the 10/7/15 and went into Liverpool Camp on 13/7/15 and was sworn in on the 14/7/15 and Drafted into 10th Reinforcement of the 3rd Battalion In which I done my Training as a recruit and on the 26/9/15 I with a lot more was Transferred to the 11th Reinforcement of the First Battalion And on Eight Hour day 4/10/15 We marched in the 8 Hour Procession And we were in the centre instead of being at the Head of the Procession (in my oppinion) And as we marched and behaved so

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This is my expericines in the Worlds War of (1914 - 18) I wont be to sure as to the dates from the time we left Egypt up to the Pozieres Battle but after that dates and towns are correct as far as the 1st Btn and myself

HARRY HAWKINS