Sullivan letter diary, 27 October 1915-9 October 1917 / Eugene Sullivan - Page 275
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busters. We are very comfortable in our new and palatial residence now that it is complete. It is higher than most dug outs and we can just stand up-right in the centre.
Myself and another sleep on a sheet of galvanised iron well covered with sandbags, Jack Warne sleeps on a duck board at one side and George Barr the other occupant sleeps on a stretcher propped up near the roof, making a kind of loft.
Twelve Military Medals were bestowed on our battalion during the week for conspicuous bravery in the recent advance. I have no doubt you will read the account of their deeds in the Sydney papers.
In an open field on the edge of a ridge lies one of our Aeroplanes which was hit by one of our own shells and crippled on the first day of the attack