Item 03: Joseph George Burgess war diary, 1 January 1916-4 February 1917 - Page 63

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[Page 63]

18 February, 1916
Maadi
I feel a bit sore this evening on account of playing in a scratch match a game of footy with A squadron. A beat us bad but we went not so bad considering that we had not played together before. This morning instead of being dismissed after stables a usual, we were marched around to our tents & made to undo our blankets & fold them up all in the same way, it did make me feel like as if I could chew the ear foo the man responsible for the order, it does not look any better & takes 10 minutes longer to do, & thats a valuable 10 minutes out of the  ½ hour before stables in the morning. Besides I used to roll my

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