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Wednesday Mar 3rd/15

Marched out at 7-30 am
on Divisional training
with NZ & Aust. division of
about 18,000 men. Carried
out an attack on position
East of No. 3 tower on the
Suez Road. Very warm day
& desert sand hard going.

Returned to camp at
7 pm after the hardest
day's training we have had.
A man of Southland Coy.
died suddenly on the march
probably from weak heart &
over exertion in the hot sun.
An Australian infantry man
also died under similar
circumstances.