Item 01: Gordon Thomas Edwards letters, 21 January 1916-7 August 1919 - Page 58
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influence the government a great deal should they wish to put the compulsory act through. I am sure that a very large majority of our soldiers votes were against conscription, of course there were many reasons why that should be so, although it might be wondered at out in Australia. There is no doubt that the Australian soldier is quite as good as any that have shown up in the war so far and as long as reinforcements of the same standard turn up, Australia is playing a very fair part. Where we were in the trenches last, was one of the hottest parts of the line, it was one continual artillery bombardment. To stand back some miles, at night and watch a bombardment one would never believe that men could be under the barrage and stand the strain. We were sent up, at first to take a certain amount of the enemy trenches