Item 02: Frank Hurley war diary, 28 October 1917-24 January 1918 - Page 83
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[Page 83]
Australian troops wander in the streets. It is all so Australian and so very incongruous for Palestine. Authority says that the village was modelled and built by the Rothschilds. Desert Mounted Corps are billeted in the various residences, and I admire their selection, for not only have they selected the best of the villages, but they have settled in the finest residences. I took up my residence with a Capt. Bruce. We jointly occupy a room which is part of the residence occupied by an old Rabbi. I have meals with seven other officers, in another comfortable dwelling and we are known as C Mess.
29th December
I was awakened early this morning by the old Rabbi singing and rehearsing his morning prayers. A doleful monotonous chant more like the wailing of a lost