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Souvenir Booklet "Billjim at Sea" - AIF Transports,1918
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Overview
"A Memento of the Ever-changing Life on Board a Modern Transport journeying from the Southern Cross with Troops for the help of the Motherland" . Soft cover booklet - cover plus 32 pages. 33 individual contributions, text and illustrations. Anthromorphic Koala wearing flannel shirt, shorts, boots and puttees waving slouch hat, [Caps, Fur Felt], while hanging from ship's rigging. Seascape with lighthouse on small island in background. Tittled "Billjim" at Sea.
Historical information
Billjim was World War 1 Australian slang for a typical soldier, particularly a Light Horseman https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Billjim
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-32-99-085
Item type
Material
Width
22 cm
Height or length
29 cm
Inscriptions and markings
Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd, 4-8 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London WC1. Edited by Trooper P.C. de Crespigny. Published under the authority of Colonel Dean, VD, Officer Commanding the Troops.
Last modified
Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
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