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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 276, 18 May 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)

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"History itself" (writes :i correspondent at the front to ihe London " Kven'iig Standard ). "The « iiole Kntpire bad laughed .it Captain Bairnslather's: sketch of 'Colonel Shrapnel' rung up on the telephone in th.- inUKt of a terrible artillery 'strafe' l-o jinswer the important f|iiery How many of strawberry jam and lio.v many of raspberry d'd you get List* Friday?' Well, the other d.iy we were having n severe time il! our battery, and the Boelie was .-'.ending 'ee il-bo-;es' over with unwont-'.vl lasv';-hi y•i •. I'wo of our guns bad already been kuo •'•ed out. Ti:e senior oflicer was • ;i!li d to the telephone. Hallo! I cant her.r voi:■!' At la-t. through J11• ■ infernal din. he heard the adjutant s vo'c >

'Please send at once the- name and addre=s of your next-of-kin. in c"-e you ; ,iv< killed. There is that -| .<■ • I form to fill, and nur office has not received these particulars.' "