Item 05: Fred Harold Tomlins war diary, 19 March-15 August 1916 - Page 73

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21-5-16
about here must have joined the Turks & that is the reason only old men & women are found here & the women & old men act as spies & let the Turks know anything they find out; About a dozen lads made fine amusement today by climbing to the top of the sand ridge & rolling down like a lot of school kids.

22-5-16
Mon 22nd
I received orders late last night to go onto the Pinnicle to signal to troops on the desert. Les had to go to a station above the water troughs; We had breakfast at 4.30 & made to our posts at 5 AM & put in a very miserable day; The Pinnacle is a high sand dome about 100 yards long on the top & about 4 feet

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