Item 01: Florence Holloway diary, 1 September 1917-31 October 1918 - Page 273
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[Page 273]
[This is actually the beginning of the diary, on Wednesday 4 September 1917, when Florence Holloway is in Australia and, on some pages, her experiences in 1918 are also recorded at the end of the page.]
Wednesday 4 [5] September 1917
Arrived Sydney 12 m.d. after a very tiring journey. Mag. good help & anxious to do anything to help me.
Great chaos at Central, 3 recievers behind counter & about 100 of us all struggling to put luggage in cloak room.
Got away 12.20 p.m. & reported Barracks 12.35 p.m. to report.
2 p.m., Thursday
Did a little shopping then home & very tired & with bad cold.
Wednesday 4 September 1918
A little lecture by Capt. Bryce A.G.H.Q. – ask if leave can be stopped. He says Matron can if she likes – follows a lecturette. "She is a very [indecipherable] woman, we all grumble & talk outside! This latter should not be however we dislike her not in the Army".