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One would have 2 hours on and 4 hours off. This would continue for day and night. Our duty would be to guard a place say the Quartermasters Tent and give salutes to all officers passing.

When the Orderly officer came round on a tour of inspection the guard would turn out and present arms. Another of the duties would be (to present arms.) Mess Orderly which would consist of washing out dixies and afterwards filling them with water. We would also carry out the duty bringing the dixies to the platoon and distributing equal proportions of the food and tea amongst the mess

When the men had eaten their food dixies and the tea dixies would be taken along

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