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As I walk onto the huge ship, I feel a rush of fear go through me. At one point I felt like jumping of the ship and going home. I was very scared, I was shaking. It was a long trip to Gallipoli. The whole trip I was thinking about my family, a tear rolled down my cheek, I didn’t want to die. All I kept thinking about was death; it was the nightmare I couldn’t wake up from. I get a flash back of my family crying as I boarded the ship. I tried to think of something happy but every time I did, its like a bullet shoots right through it and everything goes blank.
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 * October 1914 **

I was woken up at 1:00am this morning. I was given a hot meal and a drink. My heart was pounding as walked down the corridor and out onto the deck. I look at my fellow soldiers. Their faces are pale and blank; I could tell that they were scared. It was dark and cold, my fingers and toes are numb. As I step into the smaller boat I wonder what is going to happen.
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 * April 25 **

As we got closer to landing on the shore, there was gunfire from the rocky summits. The most feared call had come “Everyone overboard” My friend was beside me. As we both went to jump into the freezing sea, he was shot. His life was gone; he fell back into the boat. I couldn’t have saved him. We all swam to shore and scrambled into the cliffs.
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 * April 25 **

The smell around here is so bad! We are in the trenches, surrounded by dead bodies. The feeling of just being near a dead person makes you feel sick. But it felt better because today we had our first wash in three days. It was so refreshing, as the water splashed against my face.
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 * April 28 **

The nights here have been freezing. They are pitch black, it is darker then what I am use to. It is very hard to sleep; it’s like your just waiting to be attacked. My fingers and toes are numb, and I am scared. Today was kind of like a free day, there were no attacks, no bullets, no screaming. It was so calm. We had enough time to go for a refreshing swim and have a good meal. But it all ended with a bullet. At night we were attacked by a group of Turks. No one was killed but a few were injured.
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 * May 15 **
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 * May 30 **

I haven’t written in a while. I have been very busy. I had absolutely no time to write. Today is my friend’s birthday, I miss her so much, she has been my best friend since primary school. I wish I could see her, I feel bad not being there for her birthday. I will see her when I get back home and tell her happy birthday. But that’s if I ever make it home.
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 * October 22 **

Early this morning, we were given orders to attack tonight. So we all got ready for it. That night we came off light as we only had 10 wounded and 3 killed. Luckily we had a medic with us so most of the wounded were treated.
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 * November 5 **

We woke up this morning in snow. It was so cold; all of our water was frozen solid. There was about 4inches of snow on the ground.
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 * November 20 **

Today everyone has been working so hard. It’s a hot day and we all want to get down to the beach for a refreshing swim.
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 * November 30 **

I’m sick of this place I can’t stay hear any longer. Hopefully a ship comes soon.
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 * December 4 **

The day has finally come. We rushed off down to the pier just after dark and embarked on the first barge. We were brought over to Lemnos and landed in Mudros East. At night we pitched camp and we are now waiting for a boat to take us to Egypt.
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 * December 15 **

** By Tylah **