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[Page 1]General Rosenthal's Diary Of The Great War

Sir Charles Rosenthal informed me that he wrote his Diary from leaving Australia in a small note-book until arrival in Cairo when he purchased the two books on which this Diary is written and copied into them the original notes from his small note-book containing entries up to his arrival in Cairo. He lost this original note-book through fire in Gallipoli. These two volumes accompanied Sir Charles from December 1914 up to the time of his return to Sydney. The entries were made from day to day, at lEast when possible.

Sir Charles points out that whilst he was ill with enteric fever in Egypt there was a whole month's gap, that is from August 25th to October 5th. He therefore did not enter up the entry under the date of August 25th until he was well enough to do so.

When he was wounded his Diary was entered up by his two Aides-de-camp, Captain P/ O'Hara Wood and Lieutenant Eric Pope. See my lead pencil note on Page 432 of volume 1. [Note: this is pg. 439 of the transcription]

W.H. Ifould
Principal Librarian
12/3/31

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