Q.M. AGAIN.
During the Libyan campaign water was carried in discarded petrol tins, and it was noticeable that the tea at meal times had a faint taint of petrol. . - x It was quite the usual thing for the troops to ask one another “What’s yours, mate? Shell or Plume?” One day very fresh and untainted water was available, and the tea had a marked absence of petrol. “Darkie,” the Batt, wag yelled out in a loud voice: “The blooming Q.M. is even pinching our petrol.” * * *
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War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 8, 1 September 1941, Page 3
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85Q.M. AGAIN. War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 8, 1 September 1941, Page 3
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