• Title
  The Two blues, journal of the 13th Battalion, 3 November 1918
• Creator
  Thomas A. (Thomas Alexander) White, 1886-1962
• Call number
  MLMSS 8657
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  3 November 1918
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  990755
• Issue Copy
  Digitised : 2014
  
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  The 13th Battalion was raised in September 1914 following the outbreak of war. The Battalion took part in the landing at Anzac Cove and after time spent in Egypt, embarked for France in June 1916. The Battalion was stationed at Picquigny, France from 24 September until 13 November 1918, and whilst there Captain Thomas White began a battalion newspaper, the 'Two Blues'. The journal continued whilst paper was available, but stopped once paper became scarce. On All Saints' Day (1 November 1918) the Battalion gathered with the residents of Picquigny and marched to the British Cemetery for a ceremony to honour fallen allied soldiers; several addresses were made and speakers included the Cure of the Parish and the schoolmaster. 'Two Blues' refers to the colour patch of the 13th Battalion.
  
  Before the war, Thomas White was a Headmaster. He had previous military training with the University Scouts and the 13th Battalion Militia. After the war he returned to Australia and continued teaching and completed writing the history of the 13th Battalion. He died in 1962.
  
  Reference:
  http://booksonwaraustralia.com/en/battalion-histories/17-fighting-history-of-the-thirteenth-battalion-aif-gallipoli-anzac-bullecourt.html
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Battalion_(Australia) (accessed 17 August 2012)
• Scope and Content
  Handwritten copy of the Two Blues, Special edition, 3 November 1918, written by Captain Thomas White in Picquigny, France. Included is a handwritten address given by Mr Moy, Doyen of Picquigny, titled 'Patriotic celebration at the graves of the allied soldiers, Picquigny All Saints' Day, 1918'; a handwritten address given by M. Dangreville, School master of Picquigny on All Saints' Day, 1918; and a handwritten page listing the places the battalion saw action.
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright
  Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  These documents came to the Mitchell Library in response to the Library's general appeal for diaries and other papers of Australian servicemen and women who served in World War 1.
  
  The History of the Thirteenth Battalion A.I.F. / by Captain Thomas A.White (Sydney: Tyrells Ltd. for the 13th Battalion, A.I.F. Committee, 1924) is held in the Mitchell Library, MLQ940.934/W; the State Reference Library, DQ940.934/3; and in the Dixson Library,
  DL Q92/141.
  State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1063944
• Name
  Australia. Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921)
  Australia. Army. Battalion, 13th
  
• Subject
  World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE602312

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