Item 03: Sydney B. Young war diary, 15 October 1916-14 April 1917 - Page 48

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[Page 48]

the compartment, only fit for horses, which in fact it was built for, and which at the most
should only have held 16, the 28 of us settled down to rest.                              
One had to suit his figure to the accommodation, which was in some cases, round,
square, or some other shape which science has sought in vain for a name for.                    
With an entrenching tool in the small of your back, your comrades foot in your eye, and
perhaps your head dangling over into space we vainly tried

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