Item 02: Thomas Alcock war narrative, 28 July 1915-1917 - Page 61
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Railway Line. On the opposite side was the Canadian's Hospital, also the graveyard. Many troops were buried here. We used to visit the graves occasionally. Amongst others were the graves of some Germans who had died presumably after treatment at the hospital. Sometimes the Canadian Soldiers would hold Baseball matches, the Sisters watched them and "barracking" as we would say.
Our camp was situated near the Banks of a river, I forget the name, but the sea-side resort of Palleolus[?] was quite near.
The ground was sandy and when the wind blew up made it unpleasant for us. The sand getting into our eyes.
We were put here for a final polish. The training took place at the "Bull Ring". Generally we took our full pack and with our rations made a full