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A series of comic dialogues between Chic Williams and several other diggers, an officer, and a 'Tommy' (English soldier).

The sketch begins with Chic looking for his battalion. He tells the officer his name is Billy Hughes and that his father 'has got a Gas factory' in Australia. Chic then tries to trick a Tommy into letting him carry his rum jar. The Englishman replies, ' I'd trust you Australians with my life, but not with a rum jar'. The sketch then sees Chic back with his battalion, where a series of Chinese whispers takes place: 'We are going to advance' eventually becomes 'We're going to a dance' and 'There's a reinforcement missing' becomes 'There's 3/4d. [three shillings and four pence] missing.'