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23/5/16 Tuesday
A cool breeze blowing – quite cold at night. Fixing tents at Clearing Hospitals most of the day.
24/5/16 Wednesday
A cool but dirty day – Packing up tent etc in our own lines – All camps in the 5th Division are getting ready to move, as we are all under marching orders.
25/5/16 Thursday
Reveille at 3.30 am – General McKay held a Divisional Review at 6.30 am, everything went off well – We had to carry complete Marching Kit & the Review was held about two miles away – Got back to Camp at 9 am.
At 5.30 pm we were ordered to appear for a Review by General Officer Commanding General Murray – We put up a good show & he seemed perfectly satisfied – It was a great sight to see so many General's, with their staff of mounted Indian Lancers – One Indian Prince is attached to the staff – I think there is no finer sight than Divisions in Review, here you see the essence of manhood, men well trained & in the pink of condition, tanned with the monotonous