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Updated: May 28, 2025

We knew how to "come the old soldier"; we knew how and when to "wangle out" of doing this or that fatigue; we practised the ancient art of "going sick" when we knew a long route march was coming off next day. We knew how to "square" the guard if we came in late, and the others learnt how to dodge church parade. "'E never goes to church parade." "No; 'e was a fly one 'e was." "Wotchermean?"

John Hargrave - At Suvla Bay : Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war.