Christmas and New Year Greetings
Christmas 1918
CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS
From the scent of the gum and the wattle,
From the mountains of blue far away,
And where Wallabies range, I guess is a change,
To fighting the Huns here to-day;
In place of the homestead, this station
In a Clearing our bayonets have won,
While in trenches of sand long hours we stand
Mid the Coo-ee of rifle and gun;
But we're doing our "bit" you will gather,
And it isn't a small "bit" at that,
For the name of "Anzacs" will forever remain
As a record fame scored with our bat.
And when all of this flurry is over,
And battles and fighting are done,
by George there will be, for Australia to see
A Corroboree - "Somewhere at Home."
From
TJ Quinn
32nd Battalion
AIF, France
To Father,
Wishing you a Merry Xmas ans a Bright & Happy New Year
From Your Soldier Son,
Tom
19/10/18
