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Today & the most of the following days we have had nothing but division -al & Brigade training over the desert sands. On several occasions we have risen at 5 o/c in the morning & carried a Bottle of water & had nothing but a slice of bread & jam on the move from 5.30 until 7 & 8 o/c at night

A route march of the 4th Infantry Brigade in the desert. Sandbags are piled in the foreground
Reference: Australian War Memorial
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