THE DIGGER’S GIFT
TO SAVE A COMRADE To save a comrade’s life. Private I. F. Idriess, of Brisbane, late of the sth Light Horse, has offered to give a pint of his blood. Several days ago the secretary of the Returned Soldiers’ League (Major Dibden) received a request from Mrs. Pearce, wife of a. “Digger” who had served with the Fourth Pioneers, stating that her husband was in a serious condition at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, and that only the transfusion of a pint of blood would be likely to save’ his life. When Major Dibden made the news known it was not long before there were two volunteers. One man, who is in constant work, stated that he w<Mld forgo his Easter holidays and make an attempt to save his comrade’s life.
Meantime, however, it was found that Idriess had reported direct to the Tiospital, and had had a blood test taken. He states, even though he had never, met him. before, lie will “give it a go” to save a. “Digger’s” life. Idriess was three times wounded at the war—• when near Jerusalem, at Shrapnel Gully, and at Lone Pine.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 171, 7 April 1923, Page 7
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192THE DIGGER’S GIFT Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 171, 7 April 1923, Page 7
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