State Library of NSW
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Sept 21/16
Dear old Mater,
Once more I have the pleasure of addressing you. Wrote last week & told you all the news. We went out on our big move against Jacko. It lasted about 4 days & was pretty fatiguing. The actual attack on the camp did not last long & was not pushed very seriously for good reasons I've no doubt. The Turks were very strong there & were taken by surprise we took a few prisoners & retired about mid-day, after our artillery had put in a good few rounds.
Our aeroplane men are great. One fellow was directing the artillery fire & would fly over the Turks camp into a hail of shell fire, make his her observations & then fly back to the artillery with a message. He did it perhaps, a dozen times & as soon as he would
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