Item 14: Archie Barwick diary, 20 June-30 September 1918 - Page 148
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had their photos taken for official purposes they rigged up a lot of tables & on top of these forms for the men to stand & sit on & just before the group was ready half the top row of forms & tables collapsed much to the enjoyment of all present its a wonder they did not crack their necks for they had a fair way to fall however we got things fixed in the end & the photographer done his job, when they are finished they will be 15 ft long & are going to be sent to Australia for exhibition something after the same style as our Battn. had at Meteren. Took my tunic down to a woman in Sutton Veney for her to wash & clean.
12th. Another large number of men marched in tonight from Hurdcott. This Dental job of mine now has reached about the culminating point tonight I had in fewer than 198 men to