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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Hosking A P Pte 8233 Alfred Phillips 2 AGH 22 Clerk Single Meth

Address: Moonee Ponds, Park St, 26

\Next of Kin: Hosking, J H, father, 26 Park St, Moonee Ponds

Enlisted: 7 Jul 1915

Embarked: A71 Nestor 11 Oct 1915

Prior service: 3 years voluntary cadets.

Relatives on Active Service:

Hosking-A-Pte-17364 cousin

''About Played 'Out.'

RELIEF FOR FIRST ANZACS WANTED.

The need for reinforcements to relieve the original Anzacs is emphasised in a letter by Lance-Corporal A. P. Hosking, who is attached to the army medical section of the 5th Battalion. Writing to his parents, he says: — "There are still quite a lot of 'originals' in our battalion. They are about played out, too, poor beggars. It's strange that some of the chaps at home don't came to light. If only they knew what these poor beggars have gone through and are going through they would back them up a bit, I'm sure. It's precious little encouragement the troops get when we read of strikes and petty political strife, while all the time the gentlemen of the Commonwealth are being gradually killed off to save the Empire. Just let them see our boys in a scrap, and if they could not find some patriotism or self respect I know nothing. The A.l.F. is the finest bunch of manhood ever seen, and if 10,000 or 20,000 would hop in to relieve the 'originals' for a few months and fill up gaps elsewhere, too, then they would be worth their salt".

"About Played Out.". (1917, December 4). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved June 22, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155185388

Mentioned in this publication:

Essendon Gazette re Essendon Harriers.

A search on "A P Hosking" in the decade 1910-1919 will reveal several references to Hosking's sporting activities.