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Even the wounded are plucky & full of chaff. One passed us just now who had been hit in the thigh some hours ago. – One of our fellow said something & the fellow called out "Saida", wh. is the Australian way of saying good bye since Egypt. We have retained some words which are used & misused more than the English equivalent. – – – – –
Clark looks after me well. Yesterday he got some potatoes & when asked how he was cooking them said "Frying & boiling them at the same time". On inspection this appeared to be happening & they were very good. We live well. Fresh beef has arrived but fire wood is non est – only broken boxes & green twigs from the scrub – – – – –
My bang is not at all sore but an area of about 6 inches by 5 is purple & green from the blow – on the calf. Most of us are bruised – – – I recommended the extreme bravery of a young fellow called Crisp, who at extreme peril, volunteered to a save a wounded man lying almost vertical on a hill across a chasm from us & only a few yds below a Turkish trench. After an hour he got him in & the Brigade backed up my report at once.
If not already up I rise at 3.30 a.m. & go to bunk again at 4.30 if nothing doing. When holding the Post I was up & down all day & night & took ten minutes on the flat whenever I could. – – – – There are hundreds of lucky escapes. It behoves every Australian youth to come to our assistance, or –