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Commonwealth of Australia - Postmaster-General's Department, Victoria
URGENT TELEGRAM
VICTORIA BARRACKS
Officially reported that A Wright of the 39th Brigade was killed on June 17 1917. Please inform mother Mrs M Wright 92 Johnson Rd Ballarat and convey deep regret and sympathy of their Majesties the King and Queen and Commonwealth Government in loss that she and the Army have sustained by the death of a soldier.
Maj-Gen J Monash
(Based on real telegrams.)
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Anna - An ANZAC Short Story
Historical FictionA short story I wrote for school about an Australian girl named Anna (surprise) who wants to be a soldier and has an interesting way of achieving her goal - by pretending to be a man. Set in WW1, extremely cheesy and possibly quite historically ina...