Tag: WWI
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Sergeant Basil Lowingham Henderson DCM (1891 – 1967)
Born and raised in the South Australian country, an early volunteer for the first world war, Basil Henderson appears to fit the classic, bronzed, Australian stereotype. Long silences in his army records speak volumes about his character and fitness for service. Waves of diarrhea, diphtheria, and venereal disease, plagued other soldiers. He fought in rocky,…
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Basil goes missing again
“Oh God, not again, who is it this time?” Sarah looked at the envelope, the only typewritten letters she ever received were from the army. She walked outside the general store, put her basket down and sat down on the top step, staring at the envelope as if willing it to disappear. The townspeople kept…
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Crisis of Faith
A fanciful account She genuflected, crossed herself, then followed the line to the priest. In a trance, her body seemed a second or two behind her, unattached and out of reach. Her mind, on the other hand was razor sharp. “Hell, hell,” she thought, “what would a bloody priest ken aboot hell? The hardest thing…