Item 02: Frank Hurley war diary, 28 October 1917-24 January 1918 - Page 73
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table. Noises from the big marquee tent informed us that the occupants were also in a similar condition and were hurriedly clearing out for the sand hills. We slept interruptedly the remainder of the night, on account of the high wind which threatened to demolish the tents. At daybreak, pent up waters on the otherside of the railway embankment broke through, and added to the flooded surroundings. It came down towards the tents and rose two feet. From the table, I had an amusing lookout over objects floating on a great lake and a line of straggling soaked men making for the highland. And this I reflected is Xmas Day in the Holy Land! It was decidedly miserable, plodding with a crowd of "Gipy" carriers, through the deep waters and mud to a sandy slope, where I erected a