A hundred and twenty-five gallons of coffee were given away every twenty-four hours.

Good strong coffee it was too, most bracing in effect.

The cups used were cigarette tins, and the troops going up to the trenches or coming back from them, used to stop and have some coffee and some biscuits to cheer them on their way.

The place in the road was called Casualty Corner, and was not supposed to be a very "healthy" resting place, but we did not lose any men in front of the little canteen.

The work had been started by the Senior Chaplain of the Australian Division which we had relieved, and he handed it over to us.
Under our Chaplains' Service the canteen became a most helpful institution; not only was coffee given away, but many other things, including cigarettes.