Diary of Lindsay Robert Turner, 1918 (Vol. 3) - Part 1

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6/2/18 We went out with the Bor     
am this morning shll in the
Drocess of harning how to drive
e often find onrselves at Cross
purposes with the Sydney Officers
and its amost difficuet matter
g Bc. To make thunds as you
wish and not astey wish the
id antagouism Bydiny & Melone
coming t the fore even this fa
and under the Conditions that
Lyest We indulged in some more
of the Colonels - Our Chief Inshust
rand RSH. man -drosyneres
res night firing suskad of leisuret
dressing for mess we here sent
downto the yur Park and shown
the brethod offering by night
under Service Goaditions
Received a very pleasant Surprise
ding nito mess for would a
letter
from my brother amoonman
 

his deane here the day before like
atictorian and an old Holdier he
was has she tody use out of o
Geaners so wrote instead Wedle
.
ra I didn't take long deging
him out frned that the had been
posped to my battern and was
actuall in the samethirs with
t of my oldfellows and then
they didntt wenf him. The
recarde be pay about the whole
&thing was the ceuris bnd wh
has handr was effected just
Sreeths.
Fir8 Another dan mounted and
We were had io f sopen
Togood the saporthes
eloing mandenvres Arent quite
sofood so at Mantimin
Most of the fields cillalate
nat are wanal
and than
 

closed to hesasi Sothat
the gas wilh not be despoyed
with some dismay we carlyt
that there would be an exain
be samadon moring which
lomed prodite dends theneyt
canditates for the Schaol at
haid Holl Konsignenct we deemed
Horse to work tonight.
8/2/10. We knight propitably have
gimployed the layon privte
I stady bbut that opined ap an
dvenue of possibilises of toaping
he sere kept hard at it
all day I waslald hpsent Cold
so we tere taken to the hrosd
exposed pand of the rcintr
and lessed on the advantale
O.Dr otherwise observing
Bosk. Friday wight io
ssually flust night at wess
and we bast the king health
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as a rule in Gennine tonse
Tought- however supplies were
Thort sowe had to tispence
with the ceremony. It was little
Encouragement topass for the
am wmorrow ncouteless.
418. We breate freed, once more
te lgam is ober and w are
a houble for the wedend at
least we hapes I was too
cold even togo out walking
so we set the fire Going and
Andulzed in the pleasurable
task of writing letters well
ato the night incidentally
shaving tocon and toast in
Frontl.
Joff. S. Evenyone seeied to be
sufffering from the One Complaint
4
this mornily a severe tild
I was haid go disbuguish besueing
 

that and an aversion to attending
Church parade. Only two ohus
there on our Battern Paradehh
The permanent ofpiders were I
dont know. seriously thought
Of Goin to Codford in the Afternoon
to see some cincient landmanks
but if commenced to rain sowe
decided to stay in and this fime
entertained rather elaborater
Sseveral of our fellows Forty on
leave came in on tarious
preteyts mostly totack our past
duafature events. We were
caupht hansgressing one of the
Brigades most rpd Orders that
of having a fre before 430 Pm
There to be he had hausgressed
but there not detected. I will
mean the larpet before the
Lard High fxecutioner in
the morning we hemble at
the thought of it
 

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Wt18 he have te for rides at least
Bot down for this week ahappr
Termination. for hert Monday
I commence a school atharth
Hill of something tike 5 weeks
deration. The work will only be
similar to what is done here
perhaps atrfemore exachin
and its awell known fact that
we wonl get quite so much to
eat and less time to lat it
teanss of lyam not out yet
bnt not withetanding the result
IGo to Lard Hill on Monday
13/2/18. We were permitted to take
the Heas school out this morning
and use the battin ona
Rechencal recomastance Scheme
Los fiue practrce as well have
plean of it at Lark Hill
we ddn ome mon
hight work but interest in
that is at avery lowebt
 

ae mont fno an anxious to
dinier epecially after a long
days work. Weall did fand
well in the exam with three
Defour exceptions.
3/2/18. We wen out mounted
wnto the Country N.W. of bey tesbrr
this morning thore wantic.
pasion of tthe fory ride tmono
The chief kature of it was
laying a telephone line thrro
ligued kind well up on
our andles but thee didnt
watter so much the trouble
was binding up the wire agoun
where cvern body else went on
We enjoy these rides specially
when the managestBzes a
good horse. whish acmal
happened in m case. The
days are Geadually Gethirs Colker
Son I predict tnow
 

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147418 We did have an enjoyable
dubing today Almost eeryone
deddred it the best suiclwe
arrived. We went one for the
day that necessitited leuch
Somewhere. We met at the
Heytesburn Station were divided
into Granps of your and fven
the task of selecting Batten
positions and O.RS in Certain
mas suares which hert
Aurse had b beate. Willed
thro' a small village called
Tytherinton consistrymosk
of large farmhoused and an
old bety old English church.
with moss noweng over the walls
and wat prodaming its near
afc. Odr BBt Bosition was
me an orchard of very hees
and to interesting did we
make our work appear that
the lady of the house suppleed