Item 03: Thomas Alcock war narrative, 1917-February 1919 - Page 42

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[Page 42]

long on this work.

There was a big Y.M.C.A. close by and a mixture of "Tommies" and Australians. They sang splendidly. It is a great sight to see such a body of men. A scotch minister remarked to us later it was always possible to get a crowd of Australians to attend services but a great difficulty to get the Scotchman

There was a Military cemetery close to the camp. Many mens graves were visible.

A feature to be remarked was the airman's graves each of their graves being surmounted by a cross made from the propeller of a machine he had evidently been piloting

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