The Cadet Under-Officer
“ He not only limped slowly but ‘whinged’ as he hobbled along.
The two of them made their way slowly down the cattle pad to Dingo Creek, then under the fence and back towards the Canning. But even before the first fallen log Roberts insisted he could not walk any further and hinted that it would be easier without his pack or webbing.
Barbara was sorely tempted to leave Roberts but one of the unit’s rules was that casualties were never left on their own. Nor were cadets to move in the b...ush on their own. At any moment Barbara expected to meet hurrying NORMAC men and she prepared what she could say to delay them a few minutes to allow 4 Platoon more time to get away. The brown envelope in her map pocket seemed to generate a physical force of its own.
She cajoled Roberts along but in the stifling heat of the gully he turned a sickly, pasty colour and kept grumbling he was sick.
Barbara shook her head.MoreLess
The two of them made their way slowly down the cattle pad to Dingo Creek, then under the fence and back towards the Canning. But even before the first fallen log Roberts insisted he could not walk any further and hinted that it would be easier without his pack or webbing.
Barbara was sorely tempted to leave Roberts but one of the unit’s rules was that casualties were never left on their own. Nor were cadets to move in the b...ush on their own. At any moment Barbara expected to meet hurrying NORMAC men and she prepared what she could say to delay them a few minutes to allow 4 Platoon more time to get away. The brown envelope in her map pocket seemed to generate a physical force of its own.
She cajoled Roberts along but in the stifling heat of the gully he turned a sickly, pasty colour and kept grumbling he was sick.
Barbara shook her head.MoreLess
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