MATTER-OF-FACT TOMMY
The other day a "Black Maria" foil in otic'of the pits near me, and I waited, in horrified anticipation for the result, writes an officer from the trenches. Fortunataely the shell was 'blind,'but even then I felt all could not have escaped. Shortly one of my sergeants came out of the pit not at all hurriedly, walked solemnly up to me, saluted, and to my amazement made a formal complaint that "them Germans" had sent one of their shells into 'liis pit which had torn his drawers, and please could he draw compensation. 1 nearly had a fit, but it shows how extraordinarily matter-of-fact our fellows are.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 140, 16 February 1915, Page 7
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109MATTER-OF-FACT TOMMY Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 140, 16 February 1915, Page 7
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