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  1. @LMBourke Lovely biscuits like that sometimes needed drastic measures to make them edible bit.ly/mVojvZ #collectionfishing 9:03 PM Aug 31st via web in reply to LMBourke
  2. Fancy an office made of boxes of bully beef & biscuits? bit.ly/oX98Yd #collectionfishing 8:29 PM Aug 31st via web
  3. A C Hall was awarded a VC for his actions at Peronne on 1-2 September 1918. bit.ly/nlOtlf 5:11 PM Aug 31st via web
  4. E T Towner was awarded a VC for his actions at Mont St Quentin on 1 Sept 1918. bit.ly/oFt2sb 5:09 PM Aug 31st via web
  5. R Mactier was awarded a posthumous VC for his actions at Mont St Quentin on 1 Sept 1918. bit.ly/npRsfA 5:07 PM Aug 31st via web
  6. A D Lowerson was awarded a VC for his actions at Mont St Quentin, 1 Sept 1918. bit.ly/pBTEzm 5:06 PM Aug 31st via web
  7. W M Currey was awarded a VC for his actions at Peronne, 1 Sept 1918. bit.ly/oTdEnT 5:05 PM Aug 31st via web
  8. A H Buckley was awarded a posthumous VC for his actions at Peronne, 1 Sept 1918. bit.ly/nb0zzg 5:03 PM Aug 31st via web
  9. "feed time", or making the best of things bit.ly/rhC00c #collectionfishing 4:59 PM Aug 31st via web
  10. 1 September 1900: the actions of Trooper Bisdee bit.ly/mOupH5 & Lientenant Wylly bit.ly/r9drLh earned them Victoria Crosses 4:57 PM Aug 31st via web
  11. @lifeasdaddy @LMBourke Good question. It is not clear. 9:09 PM Aug 29th via web in reply to lifeasdaddy
  12. Such young faces; pilots at a feast bit.ly/o1nFjV #collectionfishing 8:31 PM Aug 29th via web
  13. Charles Bean, official historian & official correspondent #WW1 died 30 August 1968 bit.ly/pLZ6zH 4:29 PM Aug 29th via web
  14. Want front line PR experience for a short term? details at bit.ly/qY9GRG 6:37 PM Aug 25th via web
  15. Samuel White bit.ly/pcmu0H was one of 174 Australians who died on 26 August 1916. See the names at bit.ly/nBZucq 4:32 PM Aug 25th via web
  16. Spitfire squadron at lunch al fresco in France on a hot 25 August, 1944. bit.ly/nCjIxZ 8:58 PM Aug 24th via web
  17. A weary man in a sea of mud drinks tea & thanks the Australian Comforts Fund, inaugurated 24 August 1916. bit.ly/oQKnLn 9:48 PM Aug 23rd via web
  18. Sorry about broken link earlier for hairdo with typewriter; here 'tis again bit.ly/oWj1Oi #collectionfishing 9:15 PM Aug 23rd via web
  19. Hard work for the police keeping this crowd back. bit.ly/oWj1Oi #collectionfishing 9:13 PM Aug 23rd via web
  • Name Aust War Memorial
  • Location Canberra, Australia
  • Web http://www.awm.go...
  • Bio Museum, archive, & memorial that aims to help people remember & understand the Australian experience of war. Tweets usually by Liz Holcombe.
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