Francis William Roberts papers, 1918-1919 - Page 13

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and a short though weary walk took us to our most welcome bivouacs. Here a drink of hot "Comforts Fund Cocoa" was awaiting us and each man with a blanket retired to his "deepie" and soon was in a sleep of exhaustion.

What happened to the gun after that I don't know, but we believe it is to be sent to Victoria, and so, if we see a field gun exhibited and placarded "Captured by the 21st Battalion at ………on ? 4th July, 1918 well, we'll know how old Whizz-bang made part of its long trip to Aussie.