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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 10, 1927
Page
5
A fragmented reminiscence describes soldiers in the Legion of the Lost enduring seven months of harsh conditions. Mentioned are ration shortages, fatigue, and repeated attempts to endure, with notes on pay, coffee, tobacco, and water. The narrative contrasts praiseworthy duty with fatigue and misery.
A garbled OCR style passage presents scattered names and phrases with no clear narrative. It contains mentions of people such as Thomas and Seve, references to women teachers, and stray lines about belts, pockets, and buckles, but lacks coherent events or context.
A damaged OCR fragment notes a market incident with an animal or item devoured and a time sequence. The readable portions mention a market and a notable event ending around eight o'clock with some reference to a gene ral outcome.
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