"Fix Bayonets, Charge!"
RETURNED SC-'. .CTER'S PLIGHT. ARMIDALR, May 24. When :;.i- Urisbaee mail train arrived at Armi'lale at 3 o'clock this morning among rlie passengers who sought refreshments was a man almost perished with cold.
He went over and sat near tho fire, wrapped in a rug, for a few minutes. Then suddenly the crowd in the room was startled to hear him feebly call "ut ; : "Fix bayonets; charge!" *At the -■ame time he rose and attempted to cross the room, but fell heavily. A i-ons|lab.le and others raised him. and inquiries proved that lie was a returned soldier on his way to Brisbane.
The man had been woundod nine times and gassed. He could hardly speak above a whisper, and apologised to tho constable for creating a stir; hut explained that he was subject to such (its.
I'rorn the man's general appearance the constable concluded that a hospital would T>e the best place for him, and :i<-ording!y had him removed there. He gave the nam c of ,T. Thompson, and said that years ago he was in the Armidalc police force.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 1 June 1918, Page 1
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