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went to evenings devotins & Father King gave us about an hours humouros anecdotes to pass away the evening, very hot all day & dusty.
15/5/16 Monday
Even hotter than Saturday – Very hot wind blowing – it was cruel drilling – I took a few Photos of the Boys in our tent, went for a swim in the moonlight – we all seem to agree that we would like to try our luck in the firing line in preference to staying another three months.
16/5/16 Tuesday
Very hot – Drilling from 5 am till 9 am – rest of day we were trying to keep the dust out of the Tent.
17/5/16 Wednesday
122 degrees down in the operating E.P. Tent – I have never & hope to never again experience similiar conditions. A dust storm raging all day, you could not see 50 yards ahead & the wind was that hot it almost burnt your face. At 12.30 pm, two stretcher squads were ordered out over to the Lake trenches,