This brings us to the end of the correspondence of Corp T J Quinn to his South Australian family during World War 1.
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| Corp Thomas James Quinn MM |
- The Colonel is the only boss. Thou shall have no other colonels but him.
- But thou shalt make unto thyself many graven images of officers who fly in the heavens above; of staff officers who own the earth underneath; and of submarine officers, who are in the waters under the earth. Thou shalt stand up and salute them for the C.O., thy boss, will visit with field punishment unto the first and second degree on those who salute not, and shower stripes on those who salute and obey his commandments.
- Thou shalt not take the name of the Adjutant in vain, for the C.O. will not hold him guiltless who taketh the Adjutant's name in vain.
- Remember, thou shalt not rest on the Sabbath. Six days shalt thou labour and the seventh day is the day of the C.R.E (Commandant Royal Engineers). On it thou shalt do all manner of work, thou and thy officers, thy non-commissioned officers, thy sanitary man, and the Kitchener's army who are within thy trench.
- Honour the army staff that thy days may be long in corps reserve, here one day they may send thee.
- Thou shalt kill only Huns, slugs, lice, rats and the vermin that frequent dugouts.
- Thou shalt not adulterate thy section's rum ration.
- Thou shalt not steal, or at any rate, not be found out.
- Thou shalt not eat any others jam except marmalade
- Thou shalt not covet the ASC's job; thou shall not covet the ASC's pay, nor his motors, nor his wagons, nor his tents, nor his billets, nor his horses, nor his asses, nor any other cusby thing that is his.
