Item 01: Leslie William Sutherland diary, 24 September 1914 - 23 September 1915 - Page 208
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[Page 208]
The Military Fever prevalent in Melb recently & its result
After great consideration
With due deliberation
And much [indecipherable]
I sent my nomination
Then came expectation
Followed by realization
And then consultation
With heads of our nation
I'm a soldier in creation
On board the Karroo
The home of [indecipherable] stew
We sail to our station
We suffer in [indecipherable] time
Suffer in starvation
Vaccination privation
Inoculation constipation
Stagnation humiliation
[indecipherable] examinations & then
No Germanation
Lights out
I thought you were an angel dear,
But now I'm sure of that,
'Twas only wings were wanting,
Now, I see them on your hat
This is the luxury of wine
It touches every key of memory
And stirs all the hidden sprigs of sorrow
And of joy
I love it for what it makes me forget
And for what it makes me remember
Thou art the hope of my after years
Sum of my winter sorrows
But the years go by neath a clouded sky
When shall we meet who knows
Who knows