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take them thro' the trenches, trying to prove to them the necessity for intrenching & pushing forward tunnels – mining and so on.

The Gurkhas want to be charging all the time – My word they are sturdy little fellows.

I hardly know what to write about – there is so little I can think of that might interest you – We are getting a little pay now once in a while and have made arrangements with a firm in Egypt to supply us with extra/s.

We have all kinds of tin fish – Soup tablets, corn-flour, – custard powder, Jelly crystals, Figs chocolate (making chocolate) etc – etc – etc –

From the canteen on Imbros Is. we are getting such as – Tin Fruit, Bovril, Cheese Cocoa, Coffee, Currie Powder, Pickles, Chutney,, Sauce, Tomatoes (tin) Vinegar – As a matter of fact we can get almost anything we require – Socks, I can buy from the Canteen, – so that you need not bother about sending them. I'm inclined to believe that we are real tourists – 'With the Australian Tourists in Gallipoli' –

I wonder will be manage to get Abdul to cease operations on Xmas day. I hardly think so.

Will Jack – Ethel, George – Annie – be home for Xmas – I hope so – I expect this note to

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