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[This story is on a form similar to the previous ones sent to Mr A.G. Stephens, Editor NSW Anzac Memorial]
Name and Rank. Britten. H.A. Pvt
Battalion. 41st Battalion
Date when left Australia on service. 8 February 1915
Date when you came back to Australia. 6 December 1915
Answer this question:
Which was the KINDEST THING (or deed, or incident, or person) you saw with your own eyes from the day you left till the day you came back. [The words "KINDEST THING (or deed, or incident, or person) have been crossed out]
The most comical thing that happened during my period of Active Service occured whilst I was in No 1 General Hospital at Heliopolis. It referred to a man who had undergone an operation & who was suffering from the effects of the aether which had been administered.
I don't know his name but he had evidently been a Bullock driver at some time during his life.
As is usual with aether, when the effects are wearing off, a man generally begins to talk which causes an endless amount of amusement to his fellow patients.
This particular chap became very excited of some tam of Bullocks which he imagined he was driving.
He started off by getting them on the move