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the Artillery work One part of a shell landed right alongside making a noise but not doing much damage. I kept up with the rest struggling along – towards the close of the march I sat down It was almost in sight of the goal.
Only once have I fallen out like this on a march, and even then I was not knocked right out so used had I become to the hard toil of dragging pack and self along.
In the supports we were apportioned different work. For a time it was aeroplane guard We had a fatigue job carrying timber in the shape of duckboards etc. Also sandbags and curved iron.
Just as we
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