Tpr George Cassidy (Seville), 4^th Light Horse Regiment: Is admitted from the field in the Jordon Valley to hospital in Palestine suffering from dysentery. The following is a letter to his mother that was published in The Lilydale Express – ‘I have very nearly forgotten my stay in Hospital by now. Ah! that is a sweet memory. When I was convalescent I used to sit on the banks of the Canal and play sweet melodies to the Sisters. Fine stamp of Australians these Sisters, believe me, although one strikes a ‘bitie’ sometimes. In your last letter you said that fever is a bad thing in this country. Well, yes, I agree with you, but please remember that I had dysentery, and I think by my own experience that that is equally as bad, if not worse. When in hospital with this disease they put you on what is known as ‘light diet’ but I think they made a mistake and gave me what is known as a ‘feather-weight diet’. It consists of a cup of tea and a few spoonfulls of porridge for breakfast, some jelly and beef tea for dinner, and a pint of tea at tea time. Well, I do not want to make your mouth water, so I will not tell you about some of the other extraordinary concoctions, such as barley water three times a day. When you are on this diet the Sister puts on your card ‘Liquids only’, then you say, ‘thank you Sister’ — and something else under your breath’.