Item 05: Walter Bruce Rainsford diary, 1 January-31 December 1918 - Page 9
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[Page 9]
Sunday 20th Jan. 1918
Extract form an article in a French paper with the heading "LES ANZACS". La premiere fois que j'ai vu le nom des Anzacs dans un journal, j'ai ouvert de grands yeux. Qu'etait-ce que ce peuple venu des Indes sans doute ou d'Extreme Orient, a moins que d'Amerique pour combattre a nos cotes le bon combat! Dans mon ignorance j'ai interroge. On m'a repond:
"Ce sont des Australiens"; ce sont des Neo-Zelandais.
Pourquoi les nomme-t-on Anzacs?
Ah ca! vous m'en demandez trop!
J'ai mis deux ans et demi (avec patience on arrive a tait) a savoir que Anzac etait l'abreviation de "Australian New Zealand Army Corps";
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