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Arthur Douglas Crease Letters, Diaries and Scrapbooks

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In the bottom left-corner of tunic a field dressing or shell dressing
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In the bottom left-corner of tunic
was sewn into the lining – The was a small or large bandage
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with or without an ampoule of Iodine  .
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In the haversack was always carried (in a cotton bag)
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the "Iron Ration" consisting of 1 lb tin of "Bully" Beef
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10 oz [?] of ration biscuits + at first an "oval tin" containing
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tea + sugar. This latter was discontinued - The
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biscuits were invariably ground to powder + unedable  .
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I always used to carry cheese instead of beef as it
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caused less thirst
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In the bottom left-corner of tunic