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Monday 12 February 1917
TILUL BIR-el-ABD
Still on the road & raining hard – but all hands are happy. Passed several Catipillar Tractions pulling loads of 10 tons over the sand. Country gets more Desert like & has edible bush as we go back. A man could make a do of 20,000 acres or less of Rafa country – all Bedouin Stock were fat there.
[The following crossed through]Letters from Mother 7/1/17Joe 7/1/17 & 1/1/17Dolly 24/1/17Laura 24/1/17Papers "Australasian" & papers from Mrs. Callow & Punch from Mr. Ferrar. So far Mother's Housewife has not turned up. I am very
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