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Below is page 67 of John White's Diary in which he lists the items that made up his marching kit while in China.

Marching Kit in Bag

Singlets 1 ✓
Drawers 1 ✓
Shirts 1 ✓
Cholera Belt 4 1 ✓
Chest Protector 3 1 ✓
Socks 2 pairs ✓
Towel 1 ✓
Balaclava Cap 1 ✓
Housewife 1 1 ✓
Silk Handkerchief 1 ✓
Pocket Handkerchief 2 red ✓
Pocket Handkerchief 2 white ✓
Slippers 1
Blanket 1
Water Proof Sheet 1
Great Coat 1
Soap 1 ✓
Toothbrush 1 ✓
Clothesbrush 1
Tobacco & Matches ✓

Bootlaces ✓
Eucalyptus ✓
Straps ✓
Fullers Earth 2
Asspaper ✓
Cards ✓

1 a housewife is a mending kit of needle and thread.
2 Fullers Earth is similar to Talcum Powder.
3 John Underwood advises us that a chest protector is material that wraps around the chest to provide protection from the cold.
4 John Underwood advises us that this may be a Cholera belt to protect the kidneys.


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Diary of Campaign in China, 31 July to 7 October 1900, John White, Gunner V.N.
courtesy of the State Library of Victoria, Heritage Collection.

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Page 67 of John White's Diary