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Article: A "trace of history": cartoons from the Australian War Memorial Christmas books of the Second World War.
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- Journal of the Australian War Memorial
- Article date:
- October 1, 2003
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"then there was the need of laughter, only--it was not easy"
--QX6905, Khaki and Green (1943), p.188.
{1} Much of the literature dealing with humour in war takes a broad perspective, generally treating humour as an integral part of the Australian character and documenting humorous actions of soldiers as examples of that character. The most frequent exemplars of war humour are found in the anecdotes about a soldier's witty remark in some extreme circumstance, such as during combat. This type of humour is accepted as a prominent and typical characteristic of the Australian soldier. Humour is also frequently discussed in iconic terms, such as the following: ...