MacNamara diary, 19 August 1916-29 May 1919 / John Patrick MacNamara - Page 192
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to be handing over any day now & proceeding to Kantara. Everything will be handed over including machines & we will only leave here with our own personal belongings.
We are supposed to be going to England & on account of this we have to do 1½ hours drill per day. The first morning this started we had to get up at 0545 am & so we counted them out & marched off parade.
A couple of mornings later the early morning parade hour was altered to 0645. We do ½ an hour before breakfast & an hour during the morning. Needless to say we don't take much interest in the drill.
Started a Rugby Football team after the New Year & it is now on a good firm basis though at first the men were not very enthusiastic about it. We played GHO Signals last week being beaten by 6 - 5. This match aroused a good deal of interest in the game since