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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 53, 2 March 1916, Page 2

Mr. Aslimead Bartlett casually mentioned in the course of one of his lectures in Sydney that in most campaigns it was unusual for the man in the firing line to see even his divisional commander, but General Birdwood made it a daily practice to inspect the trenches and pass a word or two of encouragement here and there as he moved 'along the line. Incidentally he tcld a story of the General, who happened to be wearing his decorations under his greatcoat while making his customary round one day. An Australian, noticing medals as the General strode past, and evidently reflecting, philosophically en his own chances of coming through the campaign unscathed, in his best colonial remarked to his comrades: "H 1, I'll never be long enough in this war to earn a row like that-" And he was not. He was killed next day..

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