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Of course we had responsibilities too, I think, which made us different [as soldiers] That old saying, you’ve heard it, that gentlemen of the Light Horse and men of the Infantry. You’ve heard that. Well that was brought about only…

The Re-Demonisation of Aboriginal Australia: Civilisation, Barbarism and Indigeneity in the Post-Consensus Era by Christopher Kelen University of Western Sydney, Nepean A macabre joke with some currency in Australia now runs as follows: Ivan Milat is walking through the forest…

Ellwood: Another thing that is very very much impressed on the mind is the depth of a feeling of friendship that grew over there under the conditions that we lived in, its environment. It was almost unbelievable. The closeness that…

Ellwood: I came back from Australia, I came back on leave. You want my personal thoughts about the whole thing and this is something that is very close to undressing my sole. I had the feeling that I had done…

Ellwood: I went through the valley of the kings, too, as a matter of fact I met Carter, or had morning tea with Carter, the chap who uncovered the tomb of Tut. And saw a few of the tombs that…

Ellwood: In a few hours leave, and I was very impressed with the old city particularly the old cobblestone streets of the old city. and ah one or two of the things that I found very interesting was first of…

In the Jordan valley I was in command of B squadron and mail had come in. It was a quite period. We were occupying our posts and there was nothing doing much, we used to get a shelling every now…

Turnbull: Could I ask you something about the Turks themselves and the Turkish prisoners that you took. Ellwood: I was more-or-less responsible that the crowd we collected at Magdhaba were escorted back from after the engagement. But apart from that…

Ellwood: I don’t know of any instance where wounded did not get the care and attention as much as you could possibly give them. Our doctors performed their jobs an did them well. Usually though, the doctors well kept back…