Diary of Lindsay Robert Turner, 1918 (Vol. 3) - Part 5

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First World War, 1914–18
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AU5 Artery sowe must pracheco3 somethy. The Course prson out commenced then hoot of Fmnprecinl and will be at it net Sunday. 211/3/18. Our last weeks word commenced today and by this hice next week well be on the Verse of shaking the diest of Lnd Whe from onr fest unless of Couse live shells so but the wind up on us that he wan te Tenfor duct. We renewed our acquaintance with Soushenge this morning youy and the ban with the Bassun Iwas to close with a telephone line to our Bathern, soations that I was he plai language in casy Sheading disosend. It was Andtht fine tan to te looned the mornings outingimnse
15 0 41 12/348 We will just about behingi les his time he week. It man happen that we t on leave cnt f the Frider on the tried of course but it all depends of the sepcbyor otherwase of the bo. here. Hes a gentleman atleast and man desist we such aschems. Hearly alldan we wisk down lectures Small chance of y getting awhon or so off for the Exain tomorrow. 13//8 We woke up this morning with an edea that Sometime diving the morering there wassuch athing as an exam. I was another Coldday and we didn't Eclish the machon for most of the morning as only one could be examined at one and the same hime lenway we all surrvived the bestand moreover Spent juike a pleasant afternoon out on the range gatheringdata for the preparaton
Happting Mp. Which oehat 1 prepare, after school pours and mich oo our repet beause tns Another exam. Hmorrow and Yor ore know little about it. Will 14/3/16. Another day over and two ore lxanis truished and ory we handed back our Cauns overa us an indication that the an your course is at hand I was a pleasure sensation haded reading ourselves of the Canvas weve sore icesank for neare our weeks. Tomorrow a field day is on the cards and our s onting. More over be three er have been landed with wll the good jobs and true and needless Bsar. one is BC 15/3/18 Wehal f fruly a beat don there was heaps of advict menely to please the mayory becaus another course was out and most anxious to see mistake made
he wall the morning and the 42 ther course the afferrioon so I had the ungutexperence of rding on the linitter and thro Pornshinl Eough coutin. Some of the Country we saw was fenk new to us and preey freer moste undulating and cultivakd It was avern succesful day we mostl gape if bo the state of majors liver and he was in a hatculerl lord bood tonight afmess ve chppelin the milst of some earnest consider- ation of the botes weve had in viewar tomorrows exam and donl hoset finish them wntl well fost andnight 16/3/18. The exam is over and were now located in Aus 18 inprepartion for live whell pracfice at8 romorrow. This is the 5th Camp Ive veenter since leaving Nictoria and
105 as ar as we cantell bett tee biter camp b or Heytesburn the wous ardnt so con infalt three oms me in afarget remuden me of a shod i but thee are only the three of nsand were arrangd our beds around the stove to br and keep worm. Its only a hskschest for the p out on beduesder 17/2/2 Sundon St Patad an and tamonstor the fact t wen th faned hare are pred alive round. We were up ad 63o and hed commenced firig by 8 the first round I fuck loucbsel dayed me and swonseild one wes ford minuk but soo pot west it and at the end of the morning fell quite like avelran. Imorrow we treatet addar both ranin and manning the yuns. It its apood day well cajory it therwise
AUS sherless nt cepcially hes Tif atteroon we red and unncal sindaleed in lette writing. 18/3/18! We turned out canl your this morning and were kepp at it all day with only so mumbrfor liich. We conducted the Thoot in the morning and manned tha yusall that afteriioon son was alood dans work there was dven heavig for at 8 oclock sowe toddd cnvence snht I but after that we went shais ahead. Its exhaordmarly cas observing tho one would thing it disfieult in theor. So we all did Good shark. Somorrow we have a holidary in the moning or barofit add shoot all the Afternoon 19/3/18. It was a beautifully fine nowing, but as we set outh the Observation Post Clouds Wolled
and vey gaon it wasaut <a pn <ga dia> absall t sadie all whe od the theo Gos hound in the afhon ouroud repet werthep we werent allowed I have fewsloos. Weve proctcal finished the course now ta on enans to ncurtable aunouns ment of the tesuch. Tese dont "sepating go mess that the baotabe aalo it for at mai becan another moath's Courtefr oueo o them. Te sect thmorrow well be wenking our wan back to on belovkd Kenkst to probible leamn that the ar down fr oversers-after leave 20/3/18. Weve tried and failed This terse remark doesn't refr to the results of the exam out too tonsirac we at going to secure the rest of the week for adach
46 wronson We even prevailed on our maor toking up to support our acxmenoun, but all t no avail te musr rowm to Kylstny first. Whe Spentarm wseradh day doing asorly nothing except wrmessan Experion short Alto wadleto find onrexactly what passtion be vecpien as many isgofte laderr here been Bent oack fr another month. It's very haid luck fr ther all deserved a pess and a fine trowd of fellows one can never wish to meet. Our evening war wather propitable manaping to secure from the task I losf of bread and apestices of ham which we consumed befor be repured for the night. 21/370. we were Endel auadoed beg roming by the Cadet at 6 vurn. Mey were getting sham
405 at 7.30 - ours dednt go until 10 -41 and deemed it wish to see he were well awake and on the floo before they left we had us sooner arrived back in caup and pparted when we here fold tope on llase. the leave we should have had pute two months ap and we might lasily have had it direct from Lark Hill. However thats the lat of a Tutalken. We decided to take the leave from Wnddar tomorrow ouly adays but Guite acceptable with the prospecto Deee Lonson before us. 22/5/13 Fndary is altogether a memorisa day with mot. Here I was detured to see the city of the world on the Tameday as we neft Melbourne It wastater o fine his thro the Southern counties tho We didn't see if at it's beat. ill he had fist him and was in the City in a litee over two hours. Thappwask
AUS7 ondon is not untike that of 43 Sydney. After leaving Reading the Les if i life becamse more and there kvidbut tuik to miles out was to be seen the submits of London and it was pute a thritting sensatin to realise that we were fast reaching the con we had read about so aften with all te bditions but little Ealised we would see so toon. We iewed as Feddington just on 5 oclock and what a rux tentre of Actuitz it is. The hi thro' Kensinston and Seat Hse Pard only served to Mushase what a hap and wonderfal ton Landonis. You constand at a Street cohrser and suvn the secue before Your ges but its a work at aut to comprehend what a hup place it is. Iknew that wy bist durry was to Flest, some Spar Luckas replgar B. and plat find but the by oy the tand. It Founds

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