Item 01: Frank Hurley war diary, 21 August-28 October 1917 - Page 64
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[Page 64]
am writing here, but a few miles from it, it is just as calm & natural as if I was sitting in a small hut in my own land, 15,000 miles from the war!
10th September Monday Morning Went to Arques to the 5th Brigade but unfortunately they had received orders to move quickly towards a concentration centre. So I proceeded to Fauquembergues to the 3rd Divisional Headquarters. These are situated in a glorious old chateau, surrounded by fine avenues & glades with grass lawns. Most in fact of the large chateaux are taken over by the Military. I met Capt Bean, our Official Correspondent & thence to Ralenscourt, where we interviewed the Photographic Censor. His duty is to examine all photographs likely to convey any information to the enemy - seemingly in most cases a most absurd proceeding