Item 01: Sidney F. E. Liebert diary, 27 May-22 November 1916 - Page 40

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They dance about & poor old Tommy looks on without a smile.

If the instructors do anything which they think might be contrary to our desires they get quite apologetic Of course there is a limit to such things but the contrast of the treatment meted out to us & to the Tommies is a striking contrast Of course we swank about & put on a good bit of [dog?] as we are the first Australians in this place.

In the evening we amused the Tommies with a rotten rough & tumble football match.

Friday 4th
Up at 5 am again, rather too early for me & did stables. In this we got every consideration against over poor old Tommy. We spent the morning talking to the chaps here who were mending cable. We start parade at 7-50 rest at 10-30 start again at 11 knock off at 12. [Note in margin] this is after stables which start at 5.20 with a cup of coffee

There is a small village just outside the camp about 200 yds from where we were talking & we went there for refreshments You have to bend your head to get in and once in you are nearly touching the ceiling with your head. The buildings are very low & two storied

In the afternoon we went along one of the telephone lines which was not working well & found a couple of faults. This we did with one of the officers who was very pally with us.

This camp is one where Royal Engineers train. They first