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May 1916

4 Thursday

Hot. In charge of party
to clean up camp. Then
marched out to dig dug
out for advanced Dressing
Station. Our plans as follows
[Diagram]
Gilgandra
Kembla
[Mt Australia?]
Katoomba

5 Friday

Arrived Rail Head. Warm
march from Rail Head North.
Interupted while half way
through dug-out. If attack
comes we act from Rail Head.
Went with Advance Party. Hard
days work. Good Home at previous camp.

6 Saturday

Very Hot. On deep sandbag pit
From 7am till 9pm. Fell in
numbers of times & finally
collapsed. Hard days work.
Capt Mollison wants me to look after
new mess shed

7 Sunday

Hottest day so far since we arrived
in Egypt. Mail arrived. Still on
Pioneer trench more falls. A.D.M.S
arrived to act on Med Board. Working
after tea