Waiting Game in Wartime
28th March
Waiting Game in Wartime
Anyone who’s read private diaries or letters from WW1 nurses will probably have noticed how their daily, weekly or even monthly routine veered between frenetic activity, nursing the injured in appalling circumstances, and empty days of waiting around for something to happen. The few weeks before the Gallipoli landings on 25 April 1915 saw Sister Muriel Wakeford playing the waiting game (although at the time she would not have known what she was waiting for).
“Sun 28 Mar
Went for a picnic up the Nile with the 2nd Battalion officers. Landed at Helonan and rode on donkeys across to Memphis. Saw the Statue of Rameses etc etc etc. Had a very pleasant day.
Mon 29 Mar
Nothing new
Tue 30 Mar
Same again
Wed 31 Mar
Letter from home today
Thu 1 Apr
Visited the Sphinx in the moonlight. Very pleasant.”
For anyone researching Australian involvement in WW1 from the point of view of the private individual who served, I recommend
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