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One Young Man - The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk. by Unknown
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"_They were real good sorts. They would never go back on a
pal._"




One Young Man on Trek




CHAPTER IX

ONE YOUNG MAN ON TREK


It was on August Bank Holiday Monday that Sydney Baxter's battalion
made its long journey south. He writes:

"We were up at 2 o'clock that morning, and for two solid
hours were loading up the trucks with our transport, G.S.
waggons and limbers. It was real sport and we thoroughly
enjoyed it. A long row of flat trucks was lined up, and as
each limber drew up the horses were unharnessed and we ran
the limber right along the whole line of trucks until all
were filled. The work completed, we detailed for our trucks.
Every trenchman knows those trucks neatly ticketed:

40 Hommes.
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