few in those days. A most commodious place is a trench. Major Logan said he slept his second night on a dead Turk whose presence he suspected by the particular stench (general stenchs were very general) but he didn't discover some inches underground until the morning.
Yes, this time rumour proved true, we were to relieve the infantry (15th Battalion) at Quinns post & most of the morning was occupied in the move & arrangements preparatory to taking over. Captain Macartney ("Dad") the regimental M.O. got a pitch at the foot of Quinns at the junction with popes Hill – next to Captain Luther the famous medical officer of the 15th. Captain Luther was a god father to the Regiment in these days & we owe him much. A few yards up the gully Captain Macgregor the Doctor of the 16th had his above so we often designated this sector as "Macquarie Street". Our M.O. also had a bit of a dugout near the crest of Quinns for
