Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare Scan: 097 Volume 6: May 5, 1916 (Boxmoor) - December 10, 1916 (Sutton Veny)
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1916 August 31 - Sutton Veny - p.4
Didn't like Australians at first - "sulky" - but now has a soft spot for them.
Believes that colonials are more chivalrous and nice than the English.
If "you joke and laugh with a colonial..he will never take advantage of it, as an English Tommy will...same with the better class of Englishman, you give him an inch and he takes two or three yards. They don't understand the spirit of camaraderie that exists between colonial boys and girls."
Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare Scan: 097 Volume 6: May 5, 1916 (Boxmoor) - December 10, 1916 (Sutton Veny)