Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/39/1 - February 1916 - Part 5

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I spent a wk in
No 1 Stationary Hosp.
under Capt Moillet;
& then got a poisoned 
leg - after fleabite.
Applied to go away
with the first crowd
(i.e. 2nd Divn). Nevinson
& Massey arrived
at G.H.Q. - Massey for 
the London papers. 

He was in Cairo last year

a most straight going

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unselfish comrade
& very interesting.
He told us abt the 
120 batteries of 9inch ^guns in England.

Anz Book is taking
up almost all
my time now.

MacAnderson, Sellheim

& esp Lieut. ^H.S. Evans of

the Pay Corps are 

helping us - we have

now an office in Evans room. 

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Antills & Kirksafe

Distributn: -

in Army corps: by 

Brigade Committees

in Base by 

Unit Committees

                         

All from our secretary

at the Base. 

______________

We sell (1) Bookplates @ 3/-

(2) books @ 2/6

Acquittance

field O

Authority to

to adva

If cash

made C

hand n

Field Cas

no of book

Acq Rolls

Aust. Imp. Force

Acq. Roll

[[?]] Batt or Coy            Corps or Bn.

Stationed at.   we....... agree to the

amounts stated agst

our names to be 

debited to our

pay ledger accounts

Date of Payment       Cashadvanced

Reg no

Rank name

Acquittance Rolls to 

field cashiers

-----

Authority to Col Farr

to advance £5 to

If Cash sales are 

made COs must

hand money to 

Field Cashiers w

no of books.

Acq Rolls are sent in

by orderly 

to Field 

Cashiers 

                  

Must be  

Headed 

Anz. Book  

----

Ex as ordy 

Acc. rolls  

[*mp Force

Roll

Corps of Bn

agree to the 

tater agst

is to be

our

r accounts

cash advanced 

[[?]]*]                                         

particulars of which

will be sent to you 

as soon as the Committee

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123.124

126.127

129.130. 131.132

134 136 137. 139

150. 154

inform the Committee
of the name of the Secretary

of the Selling Ctee to whom

communicatns shd be

addressed, & 

(1) estimatn

 

obliged if you would help

them in the distribution

& selling of this book

by forming a selling

committee within
your unit which

will be responsible 

for sale of & payment 

for the book to members 

of your unit, &

Payment may be

made on special 

aquittance rolls,

provided has adopted a method 

by which any a purchaser 

can have the book

posted ^direct from the depot to any address

he desires by writing

his name on a 

bookplate which will

be provided by the 

committee to those who 

desire to have this done.

An extra charge of 6^d

will in this case be made

for postage.

The committee 

would be greatly

of obtaining or sending to 

their friends as many

copies as they desire.

Owing to the difficulty 

of posting the book 

from the xx which the more or

less scattered units of

the Australian & New

Zealand Forces may

have in procure obtaining the 

book & posting it, the 

Committee has drawn

up a scheme for

The price is 2/6 & the

profit will be devolved to patriotic

funds connected with

the A&NZ Army Corps.

a remarkable map of Anzac

& its trenches, 12 coloured 

plates, about 100 drawings,

& 100 pages of verses, &

stories & character 

sketches. No book or magazine 

in any way similar to it has

ever been produced & xxxxxx

history of literat.

 The book will be not

be issued to / public 

until orders from /

troops have been fulfilled 

had a full opportunity