Item 01: Gordon Macrae diary, 12 November 1914-4 January 1916 - Page 23
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sea. Time goes very quickly & by the time you have looked after your horse properly there isnt much for anything else. Passed the Melbourne SSCos "Dimboola" in the afternoon. Seemed to be cutting out a fair pace. We are only steaming from 8 to 11 knots ourselves. Our position today is between Melbourne & Adelaide.
Thursday 24th [Dec]
Was put on Quarter master's fatigue. There wasn't much work to do so we had a good rest. From 12 noon to 3 we had nothing to do so we managed to get in a bit of extra sleep. Our troop put in most of the day exercising the horses. It is a tiresome job walking round & round in a small space, but it takes the stiffness out of the poor devils legs. Was put on main guard at night. They mount a guard of one officer, one sergeant & 2 corporals