23rd December 1915

One of the Christmas billies distributed from Melbourne's Alexandria Club, bearing the

image of a kangaroo knocking out a Turkish soldier at Gallipoli - the inscription reads,

"This bit of the world belongs to us! Gallipoli"  20,000 of these billies were distributed

to troops through the WWI theatres of war in late 1915.

[Courtesy of Australian War Memorial - P09871.001]

Thursday 23rd Dec

It was bitterly cold. I went across to Camp & got some Pay & also an Xmas Billy Can sent by

Miss Bailey

57 Taronga Road

E. Malvern

Victoria

[Courtesy of State Library of New South Wales - William Sparkes diary]