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311dhoume’0niuetfiity f _ 311119631119 WAR 11151110111111 ’ NUMBER 3:115 1920 ~ .“ A , o \ The Melbourne ————mar——— (lbemorial Number COMPILED BY GRADUATES AND UNDERGRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE 1919 MAGAZINE STAFF JULY , 1920 melboume: FORD 51 SON. PRINTERS. DRUMMONI) STREET. CARLTON. 1920. 2 foreworb This volume is the result of co-operation between the graduates and undergraduates of the University. The de- cision to publish it was made at a conference between the Students' Representative Council and delegates from the Melbourne University Association. Members of the associa- tion have been unflagging in their zeal, and have given the financial guarantee, without which the work could not have been attempted. The actual task of compilation has been performed by the magazine staff for the year 1919. The volume has three main divisions. The first comprises the oflicial Roll of Honour, revised by Mr. E. D. Ulrich. The second consists of photographs and brief accounts of the fallen. In the third division, an attempt has been made to record the many phases of war experience, and to summarise the peculiar service rendered by the University. Special thanks are due to Captain C. E. W. Bean for his articles on the generals who came from our University. Apart from these articles, the whole production is the work of past or present students of the University. The task has been very great. The undergraduates who have been engaged on the work soon realised the enormous difficulties standing in the way of the compilation of an ex- haustive record. Voluntary work “after hours” can do much, but there is still more to be done, and it is to be ex- pected that the University will devote time and money to the completion of this record, building on the foundations that have already been laid. Meanwhile, it is well to remember that this Memorial is due to the spontaneous action of students, past and present; that it is the result of their labour, undertaken willingly; and that it is therefore inspired by a feeling of comradeship for those who fought, and those who gave their lives. a -A CONTENTS. Pun. Roll of Honor -- - Photographs of Dead -- Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash John Monash ... Major-Genel‘al Sir J . W. McCay - Brigadier-General Elliott - Brigadier-Generztl MeNicolI - Brigadier-General W. Grant - Captain Frank H. MacNainzu‘a, V.C. Open Covenants Openly Arrived At Their Peace -- - muqqqq ~VO§OIOI$~ The Australians’ Part in the Checking of the Great German Ofi‘ensive of 1918 - With the Infantry -- With the Artillery -- With the Flying Corps - - The Signal Service - - rf-NmiiN The A.A.M.C. in War Time - geocomonoc A ”Varsity Man with the Army Veterinary Corps 101 Some Fun in a. ‘Var Balloon - 1'05 The Hour before Dawn - - 110 “Intelligence” in the Great \Var 112 At Sea - - - - 119 The Dover Patrol - -- Freiheits‘u‘che - - - 123 The Historical Associations of Salisbury Plain 126 Padres - — -- 130 The Moving and Billeting of Troops in France 131 Our Australian Hospitals at the War 134 The Regimental Medical Officer - 137 The A.A.M.C. in Sinai and Palestine The ALE Education Service - 143 Trinity College - -- 14-7 Ormond College -- - 148 Queen’s College - - - 151 The Work of University Women 152 Massage: A Branch of Service - 1541 The ‘Var Work of the University 155 A Skylark at Messines - - 161 Lines - - . 162 Roll of War Service. mote 4mm: 1111er or bteb on service are in heavy type.) 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