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nov 20 continued
and we march 15 miles guided by the nigger & arrive near where the Germans live at 3.30 am we surround the House & 6 men fix Bayonets & get on the verandah quietly, the major calls out & the German comes out to find himself covered. he puts up his arms over his head & swears awful at being caught napping, we enter the House light lamps & arrest two more germans in the house, we make them sit down together & some of the boys go & make coffee which we have, also any eatables we can lay Hands on, after a feed we march back with two of the Germans, leaving one there to look after the place as it was the house furthest out & near to where some canabels are, so we let him stop to defend his place, The Germans are not used to marching & 15 miles played old Harry with them, we arrive back & put them on the Mecklong to go back to Rabaul at 10.30 am one was a doctor & was aged about 50
he had his son along with him
21st
we put prisoners on Board Mecklong 10.30 am after a march of 15 miles over rough country
22nd
20 men go to a place called Bomb 13 miles over a mountain, 2000 ft High, very hot, some nock up & one chap get sunstroke very bad
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3 of our men go fishing & take one of the nigger Police with them to blow up fish with Dynamite, he lights a short fuse & blows his Hand off and part of his face sent him on board Mecklong to go to Rabaul, also a man who got sunstroke & one man who got a bullet through the thigh