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12th   Officially informed of the why & wherefore of things.   We're here because its better to be hot & hungry than cold & stiff.   We're to go on  ½ ration forthwith.   We're to wash no more in fresh water nor are we to shave until further notice on pain of instant death & dismissal from the A.I.F. (I don't think).   We've got to help unload cargo & coal ship (we smile), we're to stoke fires, launch boats, learn navigation & be prepared to duck over side & swim ashore & take to the tall timbers tother side the hills -  if Fremantle says so. Tonight there are 20 ships & near that many thousand men bottled in this jar of pickles.

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