Part 02: Dene Barrett Fry letters, 17th May 1915-16 April 1917 - Page 37

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[Page 37]

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out of the question. We sang bellowed and waved & cheered to every station master and lonely porter we saw. At 4.30 A.M., dead tired, we arrived at S'hampton. We ate some ships biscuits and waited on the wharf station for the wharf gates to open at 9. All wharves & railway stations are carefully guarded in England. Then we set out on a 3 mile march for our destination, Southampton Rest Camp on the common. We all marched like vets for the blooming town turned out to see us. Everyone wanted to shake hands, so we were given the order to march easy.

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