Item 03: Frank Valentine Weir letter diary, 1 January-31 December 1917 - Page 32

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[Page 32]

Wednesday 31 January 1917

El Risa
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Note what you say re Laura & Mardi – woman is always looking for slights etc. & its very tricky about many things. Hence I did not see as much of Mardi as I should have liked.

Another Khamsin sand blowing & altering the landscape, dunes come & go in this country of hummocks.

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Fancy keeping horses SHOD all this time?!! simply coz the Army says Cavalry are to be shod so work for men & misery for Bush horses & great big iron shoes at that are used.

Moonlight again & enemy planes over last night, they will come every night for a week now & BOMB us.

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