Item 02: W. E. Bendrey diary, 6 October 1915-19 June 1916 - Page 47
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Mch 7 this afternoon & in the interval we went for a swim clad in boots, sox, hat & overcoat. Very nice, very cool Had a boska dip. Clothes were steamed & you should have seen the mob rushing to get their clobber. Some were a sock short & others a shirt or a pair of breeks.
[in margin] AH
8 Am MO today. Rotten job. Out rifle shooting again. Can see big liner travelling slowly through Canal. Rec'd 2 papers from Mum. 9 &10 Batt's passed our Camp tonight on their way from the desert to the Canal, & they looked dead tired. The 1st Batt Band met them &
played them to the Canal. Usual swim. [in margin] JC, AD
9 Up late as per usual Just time to have breakfast & clean rifle before the fall in. Lt Cotton drilling us. Capt Herod is OC but he's spoiling the Coy; doesn't do things right somehow. Must go for a couple of No 9s Shooting rotten at 300, better blame the HV rifles.
10 Going to "Too Soon Post" today. Full pack for 3 miles across the desert