THE TASMANIAN DEVIL AND THE ARMY COOK

THE TASMANIAN DEVIL AND THE ARMY COOK

When the troopship Geelong left Hobart on October 20 1914, it carried the  Tasmanian contingent of the 12th Battalion  to Egypt, and  thence to  Gallipoli and France. There was a unique  mascot on board, a Tasmanian devil.  I’m not sure whether the practice  was  officially sanctioned, but

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Where the Devil is it?

Where the Devil is it?

I grew up on a farm on the north west coast of Tasmania. In the late  1950’s  a man came to see my father on some business or other.  While he was there he produced a sugar bag which he carefully opened to show us what appeared to be the most

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