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1916-08-11
Regiment 5th Wiltshire
Location Mesopotamia, Sheikh Saad
Entry Other Ranks 9 joined for duty from BASRAH sic [Basra] Washing places for men completed and put into use. These consisted of shallow trenches in series of threes; the inner one covered with a tarpaulin and the outer one for standing in and trenches for running off the water.