4th February 1915

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I’m absolutely dead beat with my d-m arm no hospital yet, so I have to lie in the tent all day waiting for the doctor. At last he comes & fixes it up & I steadily improve after loosing about 2 stone

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"Patients in the hospital tents of the 1st L.H.F.A. making themselves as comfortable as they can with the heat and flies. The floor of the tents is covered with grass matting laid down on the sand. We do not carry any stretchers for the men to lay on. They do the best with a water proof sheet and blanket. Heliopolis April 15." (Original inscription)

Reference: Australian War Memorial

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