Soldier Boy by Anthony Hill

Author:Anthony Hill
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781742283128
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Published: 2009-03-20T04:00:00+00:00

‘Hold on there, old chap!’

A voice sounded close by. Hands reached out to grab him.

Jim turned. A lifeboat full of men was beside him, easing their oars. The hands seized him and helped him to the side of the boat.

‘Easy there … Can you lift yourself up?’

Jim used the last of his strength to scramble aboard.

‘No, no. We’ve got too many already. He’ll tip the boat …’

He opened his eyes and saw an older man – one of the crew, a stoker by the look of him – shouting from the stern.

‘Throw him back …’

‘Shut up, you!’ came several voices in reply. ‘Any more lip like that, and we’ll throw you back instead.’

The man was silent.

‘You okay?’ asked the man in charge, a corporal from one of the other companies.

Jim nodded. He coughed and spewed seawater. A couple of blokes from his own platoon had also been dragged aboard. He saw Cec Hogan over there …

‘I’m a bit buggered though,’ Jim said.

And he fainted face up in the bilge water.

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