BIRDIE YARNS.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 19, 23 July 1920, Page 6

BIRDIE YARNS.

'Twas when Birdie came along in early in 1916 to inspect the latcst aT I from Australia that he bumped uj> j a company of the finest stalwarts, agW I many over the 6ft mark. It v,a? n ; a whisper that he remarked what a ^ . lot of Australians they were, and he I ally stopped before a bunch of tio and asked one : ( - "What part of Australia do you 00 j from?" , ■ i j "South Coast, New South WaW, s ' , was the replyn "And you?" (to the next). "Kilkenny, Oiueland, sor. General Birdwood : "I ^ff^t Fifth Brigade on the succes ot w operations. It is quite up to d did traditions of the other 1 n0 the Second Division. In , pirhesitation in saying that the c ^ ision is the finest in the Austra1 ^ When the lads had finiriiee ^ Birdie, an old staff-sergeant ^ to very nice, but he says the all the other divisions.