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AT THE BROAD MEADOWS CAMP.Gunner J. A. Dymond, Ammuoi-lion Column, 2nd Battery A.P.A. (lake of Toora), in a letter to a friend, mentions ■ tbat camp life is a new experience. They have had to aleep on the bare ground for the pait two weeks, and conditions were made very unpleasant by tbe heavy rains making tbe ground slippery and muddy. They, however, bad bags of straw dealt out to them, which made things more comfortable. He had met 8yd. Ferres, who is looking well. The Y.M.CA. has a large marquee erected and-impromptu conoerts are held nightly, while on 8aturday last the National 8taff Band of the Salvation Army regaled the troops with fiiat-claas music. He bad had a nine hours apell at sentry duty on 8unday which was a bit awkward with the large crowd of visitors— 60,000. The column Ibat be is attached to is actually the firet ever raised in Australia--something altogether Dew. Guooer Dyamond intends to send us a few notes of bis experiences on the trip to the front, which his many friends will appreciate.—o—Major Jacobs held his first drill instruction class at the Mechanics'.nil T.... T 3__
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Foster South Gippsland Shire Echo
Foster, Victoria, AU
Fri, Sep 04, 1914
Page 8
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