WEAKENED
As, usual in desert conditions, fleas are always with us, no matter what one does to try to eradicate them. They even formed an excuse from a soldier who was caught in bed after reveille.
When the R.S.M? went into the tent and saw Pte. Harry Gotley lying in -bed, his rage was great. After some minutes of roaring and threatening Orderly Room, etc., he asked why. Reply came pat from Gotley: “Fleas had bitten him so much, and he had lost so much blood,” he said, “that he was weak and could not rise.” This reply took the R.S.M.’s fancy, so he let Gotley off.
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War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 9, 1 October 1941, Page 6
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107WEAKENED War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 9, 1 October 1941, Page 6
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