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Sunday 21 November 2010

Diary Entry - 21st November, 1915

Arrived Rouen early in the morning but did not disembark till 7.00. It was very cold but, after rummaging about the goods sheds, we found some good women issuing tea to officers in a small room and also to Tommies in a larger one. We hung about the station some time, as we were waiting for Shipley, who was in charge of a draft of men. The morning was filled in at a public bath establishment and the rest of the day we passed away as best we could, but it was hard to realise it was Sunday with shops and cafes open. We left Rouen with a tremendous train at 10 by the clock.

4 comments:

  1. And really he is closer to the front than I am to you.

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  2. I think it's more the distance to our local shops than Canberra to Sydney.

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  3. Yes, when he said that he got out of the train and could easily hear the guns!

    Ooo you are in Canberra. I figured you were perhaps in Victoria somewhere. Goodo ...

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  4. I'm mostly in Canberra - and sometimes in Budapest.

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