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from Liverpool. He is said to know very little about his trade, listens to Meyer in all matters and is in a hurry to decamp. It is outrageous that they do not provide at least 1 permanent doctor for almost 1000 men. If you fall ill, you’re well and truly in the soup. There is no dentist at all, and if you need one, you have to be escorted to Sydney by a soldier whose train ticket and food you have to pay, which makes it a very costly enterprise.
Evenings at 7 o’clock the commanding officer has his consultation hour. However, before you can see him, which rarely happens, you have to subject yourself to an interrogation by Mr Meyer, who on these occasions is being assisted by a colleague, Sergeant Major Tindall, a giant of a man. Your company commander will ceremoniously introduce you to Meyer, after first letting you wait at least ½ hour until the gentlemen feel inclined, and most of the time you’re being dismissed right away with a dirty remark.