Shanae's+Diary+Entry

 As we hoped on the boat we all were happy that we are going to represent our Country.” We were singing when we were walking on the boat we are the best Country ever. When I sat down I started to think in my head,” I am going to represent my Country.” Then I was saying lets go and represent our Country. Off went the boys on a boat with 2841 people on a boat. We were going to Gallipoli to represent New Zealand it will take 6 months to get to Gallipoli. Every one was so tired, that they wanted to go to sleep. We all said we can do this boy.   I woke up at 1:00 this morning. I was asking everyone if the would like a hot drink or if they wanted any food .When I was getting off the big boat to the small boat ,I was thinking is it was so dark that we cannot see where we were going. Now we have to stay on a boat for 2 months. We all talked about what we are going to do. We all went and got some food to eat. After that we sat down and just kept talking.    As we landed at Gallipoli we all jumped of the boat. The Turkey army started shooting at us when we were “jumping” off boat. There were some people behind me who got shot at. The Turkey army were up on a tall place where they were shooting at us. So we got the guns and started to shoot at them. Some of the people got shot “it was really sad how many people died”.    Today was a kind of a free day. There was like nothing like no screaming, no bullets.    <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif";">It was my best friend’s birthday today. Every year I go to her place but now I am over here I can’t say happy birthday. I decided when I get back the 1st thing I am going to do is say Happy Birthday. “I miss her so much” I should of went to see her before I left .I will see her later. <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif";"> When I went up on deck this morning we were just entering the Mudros harbour. We dropped anchor just inside the torpedo nets. It has been a beastly cold winter day. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif"; color: black;">It was snowing down when we were walking up a big hill. Everyone was getting sore legs walking. Some of the people asked if we can stop but “I said no we can all make it up” The faster you go you can walk all the time. <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif"; color: black;"> It rained like the dance last night and Doug and I got very wet and had to sleep in about an inch of water all night. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif"; color: black;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif"; color: black;">Still freezing hard, the trouble is how to get the water out of the water cans, as all our water bottles and cans are one solid block of ice. The snow is still thick on the sides of the hills away from the sun. It was not such a cruel night last night as the cold wind had died down. <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif"; color: rgb(223, 3, 134);"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif"; color: black;">We had a rotten night last night as both sides were uneasy and sending up flares etc. <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif"; color: black;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif"; color: black;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif"; color: black;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif"; color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif";">By Shanae Brooke Thompson
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 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Eras Bold ITC","sans-serif"; color: black;">We rushed off down to the pier just after dark and embarked on the first barge. We went aboard the Redbreast and were brought over to Lemnos and landed in Mudros East. Poor old ANZAC is to be evacuated after all the lives that have been lost there. We pitched camp late and are now waiting for a boat to take us to Egypt. **