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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 18, 1916
Page
3
Local column lists multiple residents and visitors traveling between Gordonvale Cairns Townsville Edmonton and Brisbane. Notes arrivals departures by Mourilyan and Wodonga trains and ships, a hospital excursion to Babinda, and letters from soldiers in England with vivid camp life and London plans.
Private Wallie Nord writes from Egypt about arrival safely, voyage by boat with calm seas, and plans to visit Cairo and the pyramids if possible. He describes the climate, drill hours, sunstroke risk, and dust storms near Cairo while noting thoughts of Cairns and England amid wartime travel.
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