Item 01: John Duncan McRae diary, 5 October-11 December 1917 - Page 23

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so many pups on a cold night. We all make pillows of one another, and no one minds, for if Bill lies on Jim's legs the latter will be so much the warmer.
Mutual help and mutual dependence seems to be the order of the day.
Just this morning I saw a big bewhiskered fellow getting across the deck with a bed under his arm and someone wanted to know where he was going to doss the reply was that he was only going to fix up a decent bed for a sick chap. In the same way many sea-sick fellows are fed and looked after every day.

After a sing-song on top after tea, Allen and I dossed on the deck. There were so many of us on the boards, and

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