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There were hard days & soft days. On the The hardest day was when the desire for hot tea became so fierce both officers and men were inclined to look a little travel worn & were just beginning to view both our own quarter master (train) & the arrangements for the supply at the stopping places with a cold contempt which might easily have developed into open irritation. The tension was snapped by the musical Queenslander who strutted up & down the line in the snow shaking his feathers & telling everyone what would have happened if the train had been carrying Dinkum Billjims instead of docile Tommies. "Lift the bloody train clean off the rails they would". But the Lancs. restored cheerfulness – "What about them
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