Signaller

Peter Pinney, in his world war II novel "Signaller Johnson's Secret War", placed the terms "Murri" and "Burri" in some of his character's mouths, as well as "Boongs" generally perjorative.

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Jones, our Signaller, who recently wrote a poem which opened with the lines,

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 5, 1919 Various

_Signaller_: A scout must pass tests in both sending and receiving in semaphore and Morse signalling by flag, not fewer than twenty-four letters per minute.

Outdoor Sports and Games Claude H. Miller

Signaller should stand erect, well balanced on the arches of the feet.

Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1918

I was destined also to see much of the Brigade Signaller, Lieut. A.E. Odell, who was quite a remarkable character.

Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 Francis Buckley 1915

One night a well-known Signaller, a noted hunter with an eagle eye, observed a case of rum -- for the moment unattended.

The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Herbert Brayley Collett 1912

'Lively time's the right word for my performance,' said the Signaller.

Between the Lines Boyd Cable 1910

An exclamation of deep disgust from the Signaller brought no comment until the last letter was read, but then the Limber Gunner remembered and remarked on it.

Between the Lines Boyd Cable 1910

I have been employed as a Company Signaller with the OMLT BG for the last five months, yet again someone with no idea about current deployments puts down what we are doing out here.

Army Rumour Service 2010

CS Operator will be a low-band Signaller until promoted to LCpl.

Army Rumour Service 2010