This verse is based on a story, recounted in “The History of the 10th Battalion AIF” by AH Limb.
Flanders 1918. Two Australian soldiers evidently carrying the corpse of a mate on a stretcher were stopped by a curious officer. The officer, wishing to see the body, pulled back the groundsheet only to discover a dead pig. The funeral cortege was allowed to proceed to the cookhouse, where, to the delight of the men and the accompaniment of several pianos from nearby farmhouses, it was duly roasted and eaten.
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