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[Page 58]
August 1916
written several letters. The NZealanders got 65 prisoners last Tuesday. They are in quarantine as they had cholera among them. We have also had a case or two & have all been inoculated twice. I was over at the 7th last Tuesday giving evidence in a case against a man named Ryan who was accused of insolence to an officer. On Thursday we gave Sergt Back, who has been promoted to Signalling officer, a send off .Some of the officers received further promotion & they celebrated the occasion till the early hours of Friday morning. They must have been in great spirits several tried to ride one horse & taking a familiar sanitary mark on the hill charged it in short rushes. It was very funny.
A canteen has been opened handy Not to be outdone the troopers visited it & had a night out also. Many of the sergeants have had a good run also & we have managed also to get a little bit of fun. NZealanders of the Wellington Mtd Rifles who have been attached to us often visit us & we try &