21st June 1915

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Same routine today

Things fairly quiet

save Turkish shells

disturbing bathers

& workers at intervals

during the day.

Pinnaces are being

fired at as they tug

barges of stores in

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Anzac Area (Gallipoli). 1915.

Two Australian soldiers 'chatting', a euphemism for searching their clothing and skin for lice. Note how the man in the foreground is naked apart from his cap and trousers pulled down below his knees.

Reference: Australian War Memorial

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