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escorted by destroyers. Most of the men were in good health & we were a mix up of all units from Anzacs to men who had never got further than England. The latter were mostly men over age who had been blocked by the medical officers. Sir Douglas Haig had long previously estimated that men over 41 were not needed for the firing line. There are two great drawbacks to middle aged men & they are want of activity & liability to rheumatism. All the same a large number of elderly men were of great utility in many ways & /or actual fighting they were, especially for
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