Chauvel connection sends QCL journo to Beersheba

Sally Gall
Updated October 20 2017 - 9:44am, first published October 19 2017 - 5:30am
Saddled up: This is the replica first World War uniform I'll be wearing on formal occasions in Israel. Picture: Kelly Butterworth.
Saddled up: This is the replica first World War uniform I'll be wearing on formal occasions in Israel. Picture: Kelly Butterworth.

A nine-pocket bandolier, the woollen tunic, leggings, even braces – like the soldiers embarking on the troop ships for the Middle East in the first World War, I’ve packed my uniform as I prepare to follow in their footsteps.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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