7th August 1915

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Surprised to see Rae Thomas & H Mae

& F .P inquiring for me out side

the Hospl fence I managed

to get a little home news from them,

for first time for Six

weeks. As usual played

500 all day & have several

showers & 3 meals so

nothing very exciting

doing save being told

no body is allowed out of Hospl as several

contagious diseases

have broken out

lately necessitating the

relocation of the place

for a few days

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Sitting or lying on their beds, patients pass the time in a ward of the Luna Park Auxiliary Hospital

on the outskirts of Cairo, which catered for infectious cases transferred from the adjacent

No 1 Australian General Hospital.

Reference: Australian War Memorial

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