Item 01: Frank Hurley war diary, 21 August-28 October 1917 - Page 40
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to Steenvorde. One develops a great appetite in this beautiful fresh country, & Martin concocted a fine stew made from the ration meat & some vegetables grown on the adjacent farms.
The rations issued are 1 ¼ lb. bread 14 ozs Meat, Jam, cheese, tinned milk, tea, sugar, Bacon. We pool together 6d each, I pay for the car driver, who is on British army pay, & with the 3/- a day buy eggs & dainties. We live like fighting cocks, good & plenty. One requires here but plain food for hunger is after all the best sauce.
2nd September. Sunday
Last evening & during the night we had a turn of fine weather & moonlight so Wilkins & I had a walk to an adjacent farm house & inspected the windmill. We found the folk very hospitable & the owner expounded to us in French, of which I understood not a word, the intricacies of his primitive mill.