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Wadi Hinane, 8.11.18
This is my Nunc Dimittis. On the 6th we reached Wadi Hinane, on the 7th there were alarms & excursions the outcome of which was that all the 1914 men of 32 Coy A.A.S.C.[Australian Army Service Corps] were to depart in the Evening. This set me thinking, I enquired & found that the 1st Bgde. came into camp about 4 oclock so last night I went over to the ambulance after tea expecting to find them all drunk in anticipation. To my surprise no one knew anything about it, so I got busy, made them 'phone to Bgde. & Division, the result being that a wire was received about 9 p.m. stating that one allotment was 12. There are only 8 of us left now so that was all right. We then cracked three bottles of Champagne on the strength of it &