Diaries of Thomas Currie Derrick, 1940-1941 - Part 14

Conflict:
Second World War, 1939–45
Subject:
  • Documents and letters
Status:
Open to contributions
Accession number:
AWM2022.6.143
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22 August 1941
THE GENTLE BREEZE 
THE WAILS, THE SAILS
YELP ON THE HILL
THE CRACKLE OF RIFLE
FIRE, THE ROAR OF
BARDIN BILL [[?]]
THE SCREAM OF A LONE
SEAGULL WANDERING
FAR FROM THE SHORE
YES, THE DISTANT
CHORD IN MY MEMORY
OF THE DAYS BEFORE
THE WAR

23 August 1941
[[???]]
[[?]] ON MY BBQ
OF SAND STONE 
I HEAR  [[??]] THE DISTANCE
AND EVER 

 

 

24 August 1941
THE HOWLING OF BOMBS - 
THE ROAR OF GUNS - THE 
SOUND OF SUDDEN DEATH
I LIE & HAVE NO SOUND
MYSELF BUT THE SOUND 
OF MY INDRAWN BREATH
THE SHATTERING ROAR OF [[?]]
TO BITS OF EVERY 
SHAPE & SIZE
AND THEN A HAPPY SIGHT
FOR US, A [[?]] FAILS 
TO [[?]]
25 August 1941
THE BOOM OF EXPLODING
PETROL & A [[?]] SHEET
OF FLAME.
[[?]] FUNERAL
[[?]] ABOUT THE WAR
HEROES ON THE SAME 
TO HEAR THE 

 



 

 
 




 

 

 



 

 
 


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