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Dinner Smiles
An Australian on traffic control in Bapaume was hailed by another Australian who was passing with his Battalion, steel helmet on his head and full pack on his back, with – "How do yer get these jobs mate?" The Ozzy on traffic control, felt hat on one side of his head, cigarette in mouth, flag in hand with which he was waving the traffic through, absently replied, "came away early mate".

An Australian on point duty one day saw an English Battalion approaching with a "cheerio" at its head. The officer rode up and asked said in the usual imperious manner

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