Lance Corporal; lowest non-commissioned officer rank in the Australian Army
M.P.
Military Police
N.C.O.
Non-Commissioned Officer
old Harry
Satan
O.T.B.
Overseas Training Brigade
possy
position; place
Q.M.
Quarter Master
R.A.M.C
Royal Army Medical Corps
R.C.
Roman Catholic
R.F.A.
Royal Field Artillery
R.M.L.I.
Royal Marine Light Infantry
R.T.O.
S.A.A.
Small Arms Ammunition
sap
deep narrow trench
Sgt
Sergeant
skite
to boast; brag; lie
snifter
very fine
snoozer
man
squarehead
a German
squib
coward; to back down
Taube
military plane
Tommy
British soldier
V.A.D.
V.C.
Victoria Cross
W.A.A.C.
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Y.M.C.A.
Young Men’s Christian Association
Cover image: Group portrait of three members of the 13th Brigade Light Trench Mortar. The Sergeant on the far left has a Military Medal and Bar and is possibly 2234 Sgt Charles Thompson MM. Held by the Australian War Memorial, donated by Mr Kerry Stokes on behalf of Australian Capital Equity Pty Ltd. From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France, during the period 1916 to 1918 (AWM reference number P10550.038). Only a detail of the original photograph has been reproduced on the front cover. The soldiers in the portrait are unidentified at the time of going to print.
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Barwick, Archie, author.
In great spirits: the WWI diary of Archie Barwick / Archie Barwick.
ISBN: 978 0 7322 9718 3 (pbk)
ISBN: 978 1 7430 9981 0 (epub)
Barwick, Archie—Diaries.
World War, 1914–1918—Campaigns—Turkey—Gallipoli Peninsula —Personal narratives, Australian.
World War, 1914–1918—Campaigns—Western Front—Personal narratives, Australian.
Soldiers—Australia—Diaries.
940.42092
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Cover image: Group portrait of three members of the 13th Brigade Light Trench Mortar. The Sergeant on the far left has a Military Medal and Bar and is possibly 2234 Sgt Charles Thompson MM. Held by the Australian War Memorial, donated by Mr Kerry Stokes on behalf of Australian Capital Equity Pty Ltd. From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France, during the period 1916 to 1918 (AWM reference number P10550.038). Only a detail of the original photograph has been reproduced on the front cover. The soldiers in the portrait are unidentified at the time of going to print.
Internal images courtesy Judy Hassall (nee Barwick), David Hassall and Elizabeth Barwick
Maps by Ian Faulkner