A "FLY" PRIVATE.
The young private had been posted as a sentry on B Squadron stables. But when the sergeant of the guard came round on his visit, he was nowhere to be seen. The sergeant was about to depart to make enquiries, when there came a rustling noise from a heap of straw, and the sentry stood before him, minus hjs boots and looking very sleepy. "Hello!" cried the sergeant, " where were . you when I came round just now?" " Marching round," was the sentry's reply, given in tones of conscious virtue. " Marohing round, were you ? Why, you've got your boots off!" " Yes, sergeant, I took 'em off so that I wouldn't wake the bloomin' horses!"
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 11 January 1917, Page 3
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116A "FLY" PRIVATE. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 11 January 1917, Page 3
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