Aubrey Poop, a victim of wanderlust and his brother St John, who wisely stayed at home
DESCRIPTION: "What man who is a man at all Could fail to hear the desert's call?" Aubrey volunteers to fight in the North African war -- and ends up regretting it, and dead. His brother St John stayed close to Egypt -- and ended up a Colonel with a DSO
AUTHOR: "D. Y." (source: Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe)
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe)
KEYWORDS: humorous death war warning burial
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Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe, pp. 174-175, "Aubrey Poop, a victim of wanderlust and his brother St. John, who wisely stayed at home" (1 text)
File: PFGS174
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