Item 01: W. E. Bendrey diary, 16 May-5 October 1915 - Page 36

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4 for dinner Tea not too bad. Expect leave for Dardanelles tomorrow.
5 Still here. Dont know when or where we are going. Tea, bread & butter for breakfast. Good Harbour, plenty of shipping – Surrounded by low barren hills. Left Lemnos in Sarnia for the front at 3.45 a fast boat. She's only small but can do 24 knots an hour – Think going to new landing
6th landed late last night in lighters got lost for a while walked a mile or two. Plenty of rifle & gun fire around us.
6th In depot trenches Some shell fire. Tucker fair. Carried water in cans. Fired on by Turkish snipers –