Up at about 6.15 and on parade. Off in the afternoon and had short walk with Harvey.
All posts by Arthur Linfoot
20 December 1918; Friday
Up at 6.15 and on parade. Received parcel of shortbread from New Zealand1. Off at night and had walk with Harvey.
ALL’s uncles, Charles Poulter Linfoot and his brother William Gaylard Linfoot, and their families, emigrated to New Zealand on 25 July 1912. The diaries record occasional correspondence with family in New Zealand, most frequently with Hilda Tate Linfoot, Daughter of Charles Poulter Linfoot and therefore ALL’s first cousin. Perhaps it was she who had sent the shortbread? ↩
19 December 1918; Thursday
18 December 1918; Wednesday
Up about 6.15 and on duty. On in the afternoon. Told off by the M O for making a noise when he was sounding a patient. Concert at night but we didn’t stay. Wrote 4 letters.
17 December 1918; Tuesday
Up at about 6 o’clock and on duty. Short letters to Ernie and Charlie in the afternoon and had short walk with Harvey. Wrote to Ernie enclosing Charlie’s letter telling of his illness1.
16 December 1918; Monday
Up at 6 o’clock. On duty as usual. My turn on in the afternoon.
Received letter from Charlie telling me that he has had Malaria M. T.1 and is recovering. His letter is very wild and he has evidently been very ill and is still in a weak and nervous condition. Wrote to Ernie and home at once.
“Malaria M. T.” presumably means Malignant Tertian Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest species of Plasmodium, the cause of malaria in humans. ↩
15 December 1918; Sunday
Up about 6 o’clock as usual. On duty. Worked until 1 o’clock and from 5. Harvey and Holman called in. Wrote to Ernie and home. Received parcel of books from home. Short walk at night with Wood. Talked about dialects after we were in bed.
14 December 1918; Saturday
13 December 1918; Friday
Up shortly after 6 and on parade. Off in the afternoon. Did a little French. Received ballot paper1 and voted for Goldstone and Greenwood2. Off in the afternoon.
President Wilson arrived at Paris3.
The 1918 general election was called immediately after the Armistice and was held on 14 December 1918. The count was delayed until 28 December so that the ballots cast by soldiers serving overseas could be included. ↩
The candidates for Sunderland were Frank Goldstone (Labour), Hamar Greenwood (Liberal) and Ralph Milbanke Hudson (Unionist). ↩
President Woodrow Wilson spent six months in Paris for the Peace Conference, and was the first U.S. president to travel to Europe while in office. He disembarked from the George Washington in Brest on December 13. ↩
12 December 1918; Thursday
Up shortly after 6 and on parade 6.30. On duty about 7. Off at 5 o’clock. Broke a clinical thermometer. Wrote letter to Charlie. Wet day. Got down about 9.30 after a short walk with Wood.