Item 01: Frank Hurley war diary, 21 August-28 October 1917 - Page 150
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horror: but one is immune to all these, & passes by as unperturbed, as though they were just pieces of rock.
Colonel Shellshear called during the evening, & is going to spend the evening with us. Outside it is blowing a gale & pelting rain. The distant sky shimmers with the reflection of the Artillery, which is in action day & night. My pity is for the poor wretches in the trenches, who are freezing & soaked to the skin.
25th Octr./17
Visitors are a confounded nuisance. Col Shellshear stayed the night & though perfectly welcome, delayed an early start. My results suffered, as the days are now short & today was of rare sunshine. I visited various waggon lines around Dickebush, also a concentration Camp where I met the 58th. Batallion. The 58th.