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the digger hat and other verses
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Tip Kelaher was born in Bronte, Sydney in 1914. In 1940 he enlisted in the 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion and sailed for the Middle East later that year. In the Palestine camp of Khassa Tip turned his hand to writing poetry. The product was his first and acclaimed poem 'The Digger Hat' which captured the spirit of the AIF. Subsequently he wrote several poems while on furlough in which he poured his longing for home and his love for the Australian Bush. Some of these were published by The Bulletin back home and distinguished him as a balladist of great potential. Unfortunately, Tip was tragically killed at El Alamein in 1942 by a Spandau Bullet on 14 July.
55 pp - Paperback - second edition 2003
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