Up at 6 o’clock as usual. Wrote some letters. Grand weather. Went to town at night.
Category Archives: 1915
12 October 1915; Tuesday
Sergeant-Major Ford arrived in the afternoon and took away Sergeant King and left me in charge. Rumours current about going away early. I got a room to myself. Corporal Greenway got King’s room and I got his.
11 October 1915; Monday
Up at 6 o’clock. Sergeant-Major Ford came up in the afternoon and took Sergeant King away. Orders came for us to return the 80 field ambulance men and we received 80 men from R&S Company in their place.
10 October 1915; Sunday
Not well in the morning. Lay down most of the day. Didn’t go to church, or out to tea as I should have done to Mrs Ford’s. Had short walk at night with Holden, and bought some sweets and had a drink of fizz.
9 October 1915; Saturday
Up at 6 o’clock. Wrote letters all morning. Rather bad with diarrhoea and took it easy. Went to town and bought wrist watch at night, and then went for Guild Meeting at the Wesleyan church. Mr Inwood asked me to play. Played at Guild Meeting. Had supper and <at> Inwoods’ and hurried back. Mr Inwood set me back.
8 October 1915; Friday
Got up at 6 o’clock. Overlooked general duties. Worked about hospital. Out at night. Received 10/- pay.
7 October 1915; Thursday
Got up 6 o’clock. Paraded 6.30. Overlooked men doing general work. Went down to Inwoods’ at night and played the piano. Had very pleasant evening.
6 October 1915; Wednesday
Received orders to go with Sergeant King and party to the hospital to stay. Paraded at 10.30. Arrived shortly before dinner. Got dinner and room to sleep in with Corporal Greenway. Got on all right. Out at night and wrote some letters.
5 October 1915; Tuesday
At hospital in the morning. Pretty quiet all day. Wrote letters at night.
4 October 1915; Monday
At hospital in the morning. On stable picket at night and slept in guard room.