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resolution, for which you have grappled days and weeks, that brings the moment of
decision.’’
“The stronger the man, the more gentle his love; the deeper the well, the purer the
water.’’
23/11/1915. Today, about 30 reserve officers and 10 [indecipherable] have arrived from Liverpool, so our numbers have swelled once more. The reserve officers have been housed in individual small buildings that used to be high-security prison cells or were used as pharmacy, etc, and an erstwhile hospital was their mess. That will now be used as a dormitory and so another barrack was built alongside the compound wall that will serve as the new mess. Some who didn’t find space in the buildings are temporarily housed in tents until some more barracks are erected. All 40 men were transported in the hull of the “Yuzilbar’’, which greatly enraged them, especially since the guards slept in the cabins. We now have the German commercial attachés from Melbourne and Newcastle, as well as the trade representative from Sydney,