Item 01: Dudley V. Walford diary, 23 September 1914 - 13 August 1916 - Page 8

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[Page 8]

Sept 23 rd
Joined force at Rosehill

December 18th 1914
March through Melbourne

December 22 1914
Left by Ulysses after waiting from [indecipherable]

On Thursday 27th Sept 1914 I enrolled at Victoria Barracks, and marched from there to Sydney Station en route to Rosehill only to arrive there to find no accommodation. We went back home & arrived back the next morning. The preliminary & [indecipherable] [elementary?] became monotonous, the heat intolerable but the early dawn was quite cold. The insanitary & [indecipherable] conditions were deplorable & we were glad to leave for Liverpool at the end of October. Liverpool was an ideal place for

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