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The harsh conditions imposed upon us by our German taskmasters in their haste to forge this link in the chain of communication between the Mesopotamia & Palestine fighting-fronts & their bases of supply, the time taken in the preparation & execution of my two attempts to escape & my many visits to Hospital, due to attacks of the Fever which was ever-present in Turkish prisoner-of-war camps; all these things hampered me in my attempt to keep a diary.
However I managed to keep two notebooks, in which I jotted down the most important details of my sojourn in Anatolia, & with the aid of "Memory's Diary" where the writing is not blurred but very distinct, I am able to fill in the gaps.
The interest evinced, by friends & strangers alike, since my return, & the constantly recurring questions, suggested to me that this narrative might have a wider interest. Hence this book.