Ca Ne Fait Rien - Part 10

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"Going Home."

(Apre L'Guerre)

Sketched for

Ce Ne Fait Rien

by Sergt Prendergast.

6^TH BN. Aust. Inf.

BUZZES FROM THE "B" HIVE

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THINGS WE WANT TO KNOW!

Ce Ne Fait Rien

1-11-18

[IT?] WAS THE DIGGER WHO WAITED 2 1/2 HOURS IN A SPUD FIELD TO WHEEL

THE OLD MADAM'S BARROW HOME FOR HER! AND WHO WANTED TO

STOUSH HIM FOR HOPPING IN FIRST.!

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IS IT TRUE THAT A N^o1 ON "THE GUN"

WAS ASHAMED TO LET THE "BRIG": SEE

HIM THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE HE HAD

HIS BADGES BLACKENED?

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"HI,! TORTOISE, THIS WILL BE A

BACKSHEESH ONE, WON'T IT!"

Oui, !

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

"S. W.A.L.K.":- NO! THE YOUNG GUARDSMAN NO LONGER

VISITS "WINDY CORNER." THE STRETCHER-BEARER

(WHO IS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY A WALKING STICK)

GETS A GOOD HEARING THERE NOW. WE UNDERSTAND

HE ALSO GETS A GOOD MANY BACKSHEESH:— (WELL,

ITS AGAINST OUR PRINCIPLE TO MENTION WHAT HE

DRINKS, "ED") :—

"JEALOUS":— YOU ASK US WHO IS THE DINKUM FIANCÉ

OF "JERMAIN," :— NOW, "JEALOUS."! WE PUT IT TO

YOU, WHO WOULD BE YOUR FIANCÉ IF YOU HAD

THE CHOICE OF, A "LANCE-JACK", A STRETCHER-BEARER

OR A SANITARY-MAN!. :—

"ANXIOUS" :— YES! THE SERGEANT YOU REFER TO

IS BACK WITH THE BATT: AGAIN, GOODNESS

KNOWS WE NEEDED HIM "BADELEY"

Our Serial Story

The Explorer's Experience

or

Eaten by Elephants

Away in the dense jungles of Sahara

there lived an explorer, a man of a

hundred varied adventures he lived

absolutely alone and his little daughter

Ermentrude kept house for him. She

was a little pale faced girl with red

hair and a bronzed complection. It was

her delight to wander into the heart

of the desert with only her tame

Crocodile as a companion, she would

take her little howitzer with her in

case she fell in with a herd of

Snarks which she shot for food.

One day while on the way to the

corner estaminet, she rescued a

little child from the clutches of a

Sabertoothed Rabbit. The little one

was the only child of the wealthy

quartermaster Sergeant of Don Company

and had wandered into the woods

in search of the wild bully beef berries

which at this time of the year were

ripe. Ermentrude took the toddler

in her arms and said :- continued

in next column.

Ce Ne Fait Rien

1-Nov-1918

a- superior paper

for soldiers

Continued

The Explorers Experience

or Eaten by Elephunts

To be continued

We want to know if :-

the T.O. came a gutzer when

Spareribs bolted on watering parade

if :- he was using a bit as laid down

in G.R.O, 109762 1/2 Para 1161.

if :- anyone has found a wart

lost when the 6^th Bn. Horses were

being watered yesterday

if :- one rifle shot in D Coy. could

not get a bull the other day,

there are 3 in a field near here.

if :- there is anyone who is'nt pleased

to see Lt. Stafford's M.C. ribbon.

if :- all the knuts who attend the

book keeping Classes at Stobies College

can add 2 and 2 and get less than 5.

if :- that wasn't a bon concert after

the sports last Friday.

if :- Capt. Abson is'nt some singer

if :- it's all through a Gee-gee whats

up with "Arizona".

ADVERTISING

SECTION

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The greatest

Entertainer

of the age.

Professor

Alonza Fer-Gu-Son

Late of the

"Sentimental Blokes"

now of the

"Fighting Coves"

no concert

is complete wivout 'im.

Don't swing a pick

when you get back but

learn how to earn big

bunches of francs,

by attending.

STOBIE'S College

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Classes every evening

twice a week.

for particulars write to

LT. STOBIE M.C.

"Do it soon."

Ce Ne Fait Rien

Puplished in the field by 6^th Bn A.I.F

1-11-18

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Ailly

Le

Haut

Clocher

Friday

SPORTS SPECIAL

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Sargent

Major

Oliver,

High Jump

The S.M.

showed

us that

they had some

good sports in the

21^st Bn.

We hear that he

is equally good

with the gloves.

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Driver

Jennings

had been

playing

football

and was

too stiff to

come up to

his usual

kangaroo

standard.

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Driver

Hannon

shows

them

his

dust.

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The adjutant

and the

Quartermaster

were there

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Brigadier General

Bennett C.M.G

paid his old

Battalion

a visit

he was in

command

of the

6^th

on

Gallipoli

and

France

All the best

people were

there

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A

few of

the

"sports"

from

"A" Company

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The boys from

the canteen and

Cook house looked

after us well in the

way of hot Coffee and Biscuits.

Ailly le Haut Clocher

Ce Ne Fait Rien

Special Sport.

Number

1 Nov 1918

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The Long Jump

Mitchell

A. Coy.

Jumps well

for 2^nd

place.

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A few starters

in the Sack Race.

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Lt. Walker had a very

big pistol but he wasn't

looking for Absentee

Landlords on

Friday. We

have heard

that he is not

advers to potting

one

occasionally

of

course

in his native

habitat at

Ould

Ballysloshg[?]

Lt. Walker throws

off the mask of

an effete civilization

and uses his

blackthorne wid the

best of 'em.

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The Official

Starter

Jack 

Porteus

romped

home first

in obstacle

race

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The man

on the

Wallaby

Track

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Lt. Catherwood

as one of the

knuts

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C Company had a good try

in the final for the Tug-of-War but

the C.O. was pulling with Headquarters

and we all know

how he can

throw his

weight

about.

Ailly le haut

Clocher

Ce Ne Fait Rien,

Friday 1-11-18

largest

circulation

in Ailly

Who's

which

in the

Sixth

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Gunther one of the

music makers of the

6^th

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Sergeant

J. Errington

of the 6^th Battalion Band.

When the Band plays of an evening or

makes music on a march it sounds pretty

good, especially to those of us who know

how frequently the bandsmen go into the

line with us and the heavy casualties they

have suffered on Gallipoli and in France

and Flanders. At on time the old

instruments were burried in snow when

the blizzard raged over the heights of

Anzac. The big drum was in a drift

near the Adjutant's dugout and of a

dark night Old Rasberry would trip

outside and fall through the drum.

We got them away at the evacuation.

They had a rough time later out on

the desert beyond the Suez Canal

and then came with us to France, they

saw service at Ypres and on the

Somme. Now they are with the

Australian War Museum and we

have a new set.

Poets Page

Contributed by E.B., "C" Company

Say not, that mad ambitions GOAD

The Kaiser on, to ROBB and plunder

Or that the SPARKS from fires untold.

To God above, cry out in vain;

'Tis fate, "What's STOBIE will be"

Proves a true adage again.

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When lights are out and diggers sleep.

The watchful sentry on his beat.

Knowing relief will come round soon

Hangs up his rifle on the Moon.

Who is it then, with ribald song

With catcalls loud and chorus long

Comes wandering up the villiage street

With tired legs and wobbling feet :-

The Officers.

When days are short and nights get cold

And all Vin Blanc in the town is sold

The sentry trying to raise some heat

Bangs his rifle upon his feet,

Who is it then, in a cosy mess

Eats 15 courses (more or less)

Drinks all the beer thats made near here

Sing dubious ditties and laugh and cheer :-

The Sergeants

But we know some who all the time,

Through day and night, through rain or shine;

As the sentry's footfall comes and goes

And sometimes stops to blow his nose;

Who always keep to the narrow way

Who never gamble away their pay

They never drink, they seldom smokes

They don't tell lies and

They're bonza

blokes :-

The Privates

(peut etre)

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Battalion

Beauties

Johansen's

"Joy"

Famous Fellows in Flanders

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Lt. Col.

T.F. Ulrich

D.S.O. and bar

At the head of the list

of decorations for the fighting

since August 8^th, appears the

name of our Colonel with a

bar to his D.S.O.

The C.O. is the only original

6^th Bn. Officer still with the

unit. He fought with us at

Anzac and was with us as

O.C. "D" Coy. in France until

the Somme Battles when he

became Brigade Major for the

2^nd Bde. Later he went to

"Blighty" to a staff school and

rejoined the unit as 2^nd in Comm'd.

When the late Col. C.W. Daly D.S.O.

'was killed at La Motte the present

C.O. took command and has filled

the position with distinction to the 6^th

and to himself. He earned the bar

to his D.S.O. in the recent battles

and we are glad he got it.

The takes a keen interest in all

the battalion sports and plays a

good game of cricket or football

himself.

(Editors note) :- You understand

I've got to write a few nice things

about him, he's the C.O. and if I

didn't he'd probably chase me out

of my good job and make me do

a bit of rough fighting when the

Battalion goes into the line again.

If they do go in again.

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On Parade

How I

might

have

drawn

him, but

I got

the

wind

up.

Ce Ne Fait Rien

Friday

1^st.11.18

Published in the Field by

the 6^th Bn.

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ON DIT

They say that the D.C.M. awarded to

the late C.Q.M.S. Kirby has been won

by him in every engagement he has

been in and he has seen a good many.

that:- the late Lt. Warne-Smith did very

excellent work for his M.C.

that:- Cpl. "Blue" Farrell D.C.M., M.M and bar

deserves even more than he got.

that:- We are all delighted to see that

Capt A.G. Carne M.C. has those letters

after his name.

that:- pleased as we are with Lt Stobie's

M.C. we think his charger should

get one also.

that:- the only two officers left in the

companies after the 23^rd Aug. stunt

were Lt Robb M.C. and Lt TUTTON M.C.

and they well deserved the bars they

got to their M.C's

that:- the D.C.M's and M.M's awarded

to the others were won many times

over and if the battalion that

took 800 prisoners with only 400 men

got all the decorations they deserve

we would want a lorry to carry them

about and every man would have a

row of ribbons like a Spanish Admiral.

that:- our football team put up a very

poor show against Brigade.

that:- that to try and kill an opponant

does not constitute good football.

that:- A certain Adjutant ran out of

cigarettes last Sunday.

that:- certain people would like to

know who the Orderly Room Sergeant

was botting cig's for the day before

last Monday.

that:- Akers had acres of cigarettes

that:- we said had.

that:- now we know how B Company

always get their Parade States

correct

that:- they have an expert juggler for

company clerk

that:- D Company shot well at the Coy.

competitions

that:- they might have beaten the 8^th

if that horse hadn't stopped to graze

in front of the targets.

that:- a dog walked in front of the

targets when 48 men from the 12^th

were firing and was not hit.

that:- the 12^th shot splendidly.

CE NE FAIT RIEN

Published

by 6^th Bn.

Friday, 8-11-18

ON DIT

They say that:- the Town Major

of Famechon will shortly

retire on his profits.

that:- He has some of his civil

togs already :- to wit, a

lillle brown boxer.

that:- Lt. Tully say Capt Stobie

has worn all the hair off

Gypsey's little tummy.

that:- Capt. Stobie retorts that

Lt. Tully has worn all the

hair away from his

charger's neck.

that:- Capt. Stobie might at

times knock a little

hair off with his heel

but Lt. Tully does hang on

to his charger's neck for all

he is worth.

that: - We don't know if the

Brown Boxer is part of the

field kit of an Adjutant-

Town Major-Second-in-

Command Temporary Captain

or only an Ancestral Heirloom

that:- The Transport Section liked

that trip in the rain last

Wednesday.

Who's which

in the

sixth

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L/Cpl. Young

of the bugle

band. He can play like a canary at

feed time and is no

small stouch with a

fatigue party, when

the Bn. is in the line.

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Osborne of the

the Brass Band.

We have never

met anyone who

knows exactly what

he does but he is a

good sport and has

been in The 6^th for donkey's Years.

Famous

Fellows

in

Flanders

Capt. G. Stobie

M.C.

and his favourite

charger "Gypsey"

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Capt. G. Stobie M.C. is one of the

famous fighting fellows following Fritz.

He has seen much service with the 6^th

and was in command of the celebrated

C. Coy. at Lihons when they chased the

Hun off the Landscape. He is also

teaching the 6^th Book-keeping at his

well appointed Business College at

In the field-sur-guerre.

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Chaplain Major Carter who

has served so long with

the 6^th, has left for the Base.

A new Padre has arrived to

take his place. The sky pilot

hails from Bendigo and so do I

but if he will keep quiet about

my past, I will say nothing about his.

He is a young man and "Ce Ne Fait Rien"

feels confident that Capt. Yeo will do

much to uphold the reputation of the 6^th

Ailly

le Haut

Clocher

Published

in the

Field

Ce Ne Fait Rien

6^th Bn A.I.F.

All the Art of the Age

All the Wit of the War

All the Sins of the 6^th

8-11-18

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Those

Move

Orders

The sad fate

of a soldier

of the 6^th Bn.

who tried to

carry out all

those move orders about:-

The Bn. will be prepared to move, —

The Bn. will not move — the Bn. will

entrain at — the Bn. will not leave

Billets — In readiness to move the Bn.

will — Our A.Z.B re move cancelled —

The 6^th Bn. will — Oh H — whats the use.

Bill Wright is our new R.S.M.

His appointment is only "Pro Tem."

If he stays a month

And gets through the next stunt.

We'll hear his Gasometer;- ahem!

We hear that L/Cpl. Kemp spent

a very busy evening last Wednesday

saying good byeeee to several M'Selles.

It is rumoured that Pte. Simpkin

has promised Marie that he will

return "apres le guerre."

We have it on good authority that

Pte. Whatford can always come back

to a home in Ailly.

Battalion

Beauties

Finnigans

Fiancé

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Our

Serial Story

The Mascot

of the

Musicians

or a

Daring Drummers

Daughter

At the age

of 13 months

I shipped as an

A.B. on the whaler

"Marie Hesikiah"

for a cruise of

3 years in the

frozen wastes of

the Red Sea.

In these waters

lives the Sperm

Whale which, at

night comes out

on shore to feed

on the sperm Candles

which grow in bunches

on the high candle trees.

After being at sea for about

18 months we went out one

night on patrol in No-mans-land,

just then over comes a Wof-woff

and the skipper saw a whale

climb ashore and make

off inland so we beached

our good shop and we found

a round log which the ships

carpenter cut up into sections

and fastened to the ships side

for wheels. Then we got a

tub of water and two sailors

held it under the propellor

The engineer starts the engine

an' away we went after the

whale. Just tehn "som'un said

doock choom! doock! an' over

roomes another Woff- Woff."

and the Great War had started

To be continued

8-11-18

Ce Ne Fait Rien

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PHURFS

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A fellow

I know, who

has a job at

Divvie Headquarters

said that we would be

out of the line

all Winter.

Yes, it's dinkum

the Padre saw

it in the French

paper.

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The bloke in the

Canteen told me

that the French

are giving free

Vinblong 'cos

the Allemong

have chucked

up the sponge

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A digger at Brigade

sez we are going to

billet in a factory

just outside Paris

'an he ought'er know

because he knows

the Brig's dingbat.

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They say

Turkey is

in again

'an the

war will

run another

3 years.

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The

fellow

who

starts

'em