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88straps and had calmly taken mine. This left me with none.
I found some telephone wire and with these made a substitute. Unfortunately, they slipped from the knots that I had tied them with. I received a great talking to by the Sergeant for not being requinential[?]. There's not much allowance made when things are not right, somebody else does the thieving.
To proceed then. The road was quite deep with mud, making it very difficult matter to march along. I remember some of the talk was about Sausage Gully, near Pozieres. The men always liked to talk about previous experiences in the line, especially to newcomers.
Marching along we came
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