Item 02: Sydney B. Young war diary, 24 July-14 October 1916 - Page 76

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of a butcher's shop in the main Street.

Strange, here the men "forget to die" they are so old, and active with it. The place must be very healthy.

Apples are very abundant here. The trees are loaded, but I have never yet tasted any that I like as well as the Hobart apples.

20th Marched about 5 miles where we (the band) reclined against a haystack in an elevated position and watched the Brigade at war, 2 battalions against 2 with blank cartridges under war conditions, Our battalion at the 35th winning by

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