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<p class="page" id="a5658022">[Page 22]</p><p>We arrived here on Wednesday morning at 2 a.m. We were up again at 4.30 am and were busy on fatigue work until about 11 oclock, and by gum it was the hottest day I ever struck, It was 119.75 in the shade and a lovely hot scorching wind into the bargin It nearly sorched out our eyes. When we left the ship it we were issued with dry rations, namely a tin of boiled mutton and 9 biscuits These we 24 hrs. rations I can tell you they were not too good. In fact if writing permitted it I should use stronger words Well on Wednesday evng we were inspected by one of the heads, we were standing from 4 oclock until 10 minutes to 6, in a broiling sun, without Shade. A dozen men went out to it, Then after finishing the remains of our dry rations we had to march down to the railway to carry up blankets. Then we were up at 4.30 the next morning and had 3 solid hours of drill and had breakfast at 8, Now, that was 14 hrs between meals and what we got for breakfast was a half of a biscuit and a half ounce of bacon and half a pint of tea? What do you think of the army eh, If I had known what I now know my feet would have been terribly cold, before I left Australia, Any how, being an N.C.O. in charge of the tent, (which by the way holds 31 instead of about 10) put in a complaint At dinner however we had stew which was absolutely lovely as compared with any other Army rations</p>