Item 03: Frank Hurley war diary, 24 January-13 August 1918 - Page 33
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6th Feby /18
I had two squadrons sent up to Gaza to participate in my pictures. The weather turned out excellent I did some excellent work. One sight Impressed me greatly - the ruins of the Grand Mosque. The Turks had given their bond that on no account would they use the town or Military purposes. This they did not keep: and the eloquent testimony of hundreds of thousands rounds of small arms ammunition in the base of the Mosque is sufficient justification for our demolishing the town - which indeed was a stronghold.
We wandered all over Gaza, which once must have been a very fine town, but nowhere did I see an intact building, not even a room. Gaza is the Ypres of Palestine.
On our return home we passed by a train collision. Both engines were