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THE LANiilaryHlip-y, ««ui.ty,reml.ilmuii0 Iny irpliy trceV,1 cost i mid si 10 tilO. could kerb-Act pcrly tho Id bo work nnd. litlloipor-odcd rwed 1cm-1 tho er'wl tine, ouihwith irgo-ncor div ural Ki-r. ;on’s »omo f ta i on cck. inn's tho thonncciinto!, In , let nneoNodandovedthoBurial at Sea of Private Madigan.D.Privuto G. -W. Wofn'o writea (inter nlin) to Iiib undo and aunt, Mr nnd Mm J.- Cunic, of Laoeafield, us followsJust nftor we loft Capo Levin, and about ono day in the Indian Ocean, wo buried Drtvo. Madigan. Ho had pneumonia nnd allowed signs of gotting alright, but tho strain was too much for liim. Ho died about 2 a.m. on Saturday, ltfth, and was buried at 10.45 tho Rimo morning. They * topped tho engines, fired three volleys, nnd blow tho lust post as tho remains woro slid overboard. I was not allowed to mention any deaths while on board, but wo hod night or nine. I broke lonvo from tho ship ot Colombo, but just as I got on board again the limitationt caught mo nnd I, with *lout seventy others, was fluod £f». Tlml night tho wholo ship kicked about it and they very nearly threw a couple of military police over-boord. They had them on a rail, but let tlicm hack again. They broke open the detention rooul door nnd lot the prisoners out; broke open tho canteen and fJucM’ most of tho stuff over tho aide ; rushed officers, and next day we hud tho fines taken off. We poajicd through Suer, on the 8th Juno (my 20th Inrthday). The banks wore lined with English nnd Indian troops. Arrived at Alexandria on 9tli June and I wan the first to slide anhoro on a rope, but was not touched this time. Wear® camped on tiio edge of the desert. Mena camp is condemned. ‘Cairo, which is a very immoral city, is full of Turkish spies. I believe' very few of the first and second contingents are left. Thera are thousands of wounded in the hospitals at Heliopolis. It is so dusty hero that when you nn* marching you can’t see tho third man iu front of you. It wan 128 in tho shade yesterday. It is •n coincidence that the* first death wo had on board was Private Madigan and the last Private Lauder.SEYMOlmotor car8.30 on Suthe Military Cam|Horses.KILftFriday, 2(CHARE* .Tr.initTOJa Special SPRING Hby auction on the Kilmoro Sul® Yard ward a good yardi Draughts, Medium* Remounts, Ponies, condition.Further nnd Earl Good Buyers will nil elo*ses of Horse Full particulars I CHARLES HAS KilnMon., AnHIGH STRE LCommcneicClearing ClearingHorsos, Vehic Harness arI DAMSON, SIR A J»TY. LTD. with instructions frtMR E. J. \all by public au HOI1 boy horaafl'r 1 black horse (.1 chestnut pon'1 I. L. tf'l
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Lancefield Mercury and West Bourke Agricultural Record
Lancefield, Victoria, AU
Fri, Aug 13, 1915
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