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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