Albert turned 23 this week and as far as I know is still in New Guinea.
Mon. 25 - Sun. 31 Jan.The Turkish artillery is by account within range of the Canal. Talk that we will entrain to the Canal to take up the fight buoyed all early in the week as training has become so monotonous that we will all surely madden if we do not move on soon. Alas, by week’s end there is still no movement.
Each Coy. and most Sections have their own mascots. The lads of A Coy. have the pick - a lovely grey joey who has run of the camp. There is an assortment of Australian animals here - roo, bilby, wombat and a number of pink and grey galahs. There are also a number of white rats and rabbits running about. Our Section’s Paul Crane, a storeman from Sydney, gathered most of us in his tent on Wednesday to unveil
