TOMMY—POILU
LONDON, Sept. 21. When 18-year-old Mack Garside, of Manchester, is called up for service in tdie British Army he will have served in two armies in this war. He was on holiday in France when general mobilisation was declared, and as he could not get away and had no money, he joined the French Army. After he had been a poilu for four days he borrowed the money to return home.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20088, 7 November 1939, Page 5
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72TOMMY—POILU Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20088, 7 November 1939, Page 5
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