Company Quartermaster Sergeant Tim Daly,
C. Company.
The 9th Battalion.
The Royal Australian Regiment.

...the final night of the exercise was devoted to augmenting Company funds:

That night-time by the flickering fire outside the gamblers' tent
Beneath the desert stars you spoke.
And I without the memory of a father
Listened to your words inspired
Until at last, and with the ***, your vision finally broke
To lay me down into the ashes of the fire; so tired
That in the morning Sun,
Too blistered sore for walking out,
With you and all the rifle-company stores I was
Perforce retired.