Item 04: Sydney B. Young war diary, 15 April-19 September 1917 - Page 15

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The Australian nom-de-plume for cooks is "babbling brooks".

17th Left Perham Downs 12 noon for Wareham played off by No 1 Com. Depot band
                Wareham Camp is a home. Uptodate cook houses Huts, mess tables etc. It is a fine town very picturesque, the second oldest town in England. There is a bridge with the inscription that "anybody damaging it etc is liable to be transported for life"                    I wish this by law was in vogue now as it undoubtedly meant Australia or Van Dieman's Land now