Item 04: G. O. Hawkins letters to his family, 2 January 1915-November 1917 - Page 149
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8 outskirts – Troops who cannot wait and be still but must wander to kill time.
The RTO an elderly dear old vetran, with a stoop in his neck as though many years burden of military life had been faithfully carried there; drifts about with a sheaf of papers in his hands and an expression of kindly purpose in his face
I am telling off the scene after the hurry and bustle of those first moments of our arrival, and after our lads have done justice to the bread and cheese and tinned salmon which was served out for lunch
Rest and sleep is the main thing now, for no one knows how long will be the wait before embarking
All that travel weary Australians care to see has been seen.
Of two German officers marching by, under escort from a more forward part of the docks; yes they have seen them, and a little