Item 01: William Sparkes diary, 9 June 1915-5 January 1916 - Page 57
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[Page 57]
of the casualties on the Turkish sides. Every day we have men wounded.
Friday 16th July
Fresh meat for breakfast. How delightful it was and what a break in the monotony of our daily fare. I noticed that the Light Horse Brigades were getting Travelling Kitchens from funds collected in Brisbane and I thought that we should have one for our 7th Battery – and wrote home to that effect.
Each day to fill in moments when not reading or shelling the unspeakable Turks there were many odd jobs we did such as [Indecipherable] etc. We always kept ourselves shaved even while bullets or shells played merrily over the dug outs and trenches. We got an issue of English War notes to-day. Small pieces of paper which hardly looked genuine
Saturday 17th July
I spent a bad night last evening. Fearful stomach Pains. Had little or no