Item 01: Irene Victoria Read letters from her husband, 27 November 1914-1 November 1915 - Page 103
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& accommodates about 160 patients; the whole nursing staff & some of our officers are also located there. I have been very busy since our arrival here & have hardly had a moment to myself but I feel all the better for having plenty to do. Our camp is on the sandy desert, not a blade of grass, & when it is at all windy, things are any thing but pleasant. We are pretty near ship shape now & I am looking forward to being able to take things a bit easier. We have 38 large hospital marquees pitched, each capable of holding 14 patients & each splendidly equipped with everything that the most exacting patient could ask for – all our tents are not yet full – we have about 450 patients, most of them convalescents. You will be pleased to hear that I received much commendation from our O.C. for the manner in which I laid out the camp & this was published in orders. In addition to the hospital marquees we have six big store tents in which all our general stores are housed – a large store tent for hospital stores, 20 bell tents for the personnel & tents for officers & nurses All our officers mess up at Mena House & we live on the fat of the land – the officers whose patients are at Mena House live there but most of us are in tents down here on the flat