Item 02: George R. Faulkner war diary, 16 March 1916-5 July 1916 - Page 28

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unanamously agree with me that Hell must be only about half a mile from the turn off to here.

15/4/16 Friday

Very cold early morning – Had about 10 more drops of rain – the dust appears to be laid a bit, but still blowing sand.

Fatigue partys going all day, trying to square things up sanitary & otherwise. There are very few Horses here, any transporting to be done has to be done by ourselves. About 20 men get fastened to a wagon & pull to its destination. A lot of Tents – Huts & Native Villages are levelled to the ground after the storm.

Saturday

Very cold all night – rather a cool day. I was Orderly Corporal & as the Summer Routine Orders are out today for first time, so it fell to Sergt McDonald & I to get all