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Category: Attitudes/Opinions - Towards the War in General
R.L.Mackay (GS) Diary 10.7.17. Very sorry for the men killed or wounded in their first trench experience - "A man hardened to it does not mind so much, but it must be terrible for a new fellow".
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Category: Death, Bereavement and Commemoration
W.Hardy (GS) Recollections - "Death to me became an everyday occurrence and one had to adjust oneself to becoming acclimatized and hardened - the wounded were in the minority". Most deaths were from disease (RAMC hospital ship orderly).
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