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look extremely tough & hardy. Trench digging is one of the things we excel at and our battalion can I believe a do a little more than hold its own against the others, but all the Australians can dig & dig rapidly & intelligently. And march – I doubt if any troops anywhere will beat the rapid untiring swing our chaps get up over the soft sands of the desert.
28th Mar 1915 A horrible report in the camp to-day. One of the numerous monkeys kept as pets in the camp is great pals with a puppy to-day, and I am afraid the terrible fact is beyond dispute, that the puppies youthful & chaste innocence was in the presence of several disinterested and unbiassed witnesses, rudely & shockingly violated. The accused was at once placed under arrest.