Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare Scan: 057 Volume 6: May 5, 1916 (Boxmoor) - December 10, 1916 (Sutton Veny)
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1916 June 26 - On Train - page 5
Marvels that these South Africans are now volunteering to fight for England.
Notes some had never seen a train before, right off farms. Transcription:
"What made them come? And yet, they - and we - are merely 'Colonials'
and not of the chosen race. One small shopkeeper actually said to Miss
Markus [her lookalike friend] on learning she was South African -
'I don't see what our men want to go to war for. There plenty of Colonials
to fight for us, and they haven't anything to leave behind!' - Can you beat it?"
Reading book by Ian Hay.
Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare Scan: 057 Volume 6: May 5, 1916 (Boxmoor) - December 10, 1916 (Sutton Veny)