Digger Smith

C. J. Dennis (1876 - 1938)

“Digger Smith” is a series of narrative poems about an Australian soldier coming home in the closing months of the Great War minus a leg and with “ANZAC eyes” ... what a later war would call “The Thousand Yard Stare”.
Despite his post-traumatic stress disorder, Digger Smith sets about ministering to everybody’s troubles but his own ... his internal conviction that his amputee status will make him seem “half a man” in the eyes of the lady love he left behind when he went off to the War.
Oh Digger Smith, how little faith you have in woman... - Summary by Son of the Exiles

Genre(s): Romance, War & Military Fiction, Narratives

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Before The War Son of the Exiles
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Play 02 Dummy Bridge Son of the Exiles
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Play 03 Dad Son of the Exiles
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Play 04 Digger Smith Son of the Exiles
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Play 05 West Son of the Exiles
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Play 06 Over The Fence Son of the Exiles
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Play 07 A Digger's Tale Son of the Exiles
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Play 08 Jim's Girl Son of the Exiles
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Play 09 The Boys Out There Son of the Exiles
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Play 10 Half A Man Son of the Exiles
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Play 11 Sawin' Wood Son of the Exiles
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Play 12 Jim Son of the Exiles
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Play 13 A Square Deal Son of the Exiles
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