Item 01: R. T. Vowles diary, 22 August 1915-23 February 1916 - Page 26
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Hop on our station would align the helio & call up hour after hour in hopes of getting a message through. He overlooked the fact that the master mind of E A Long was at the other station where no work would ever be done. We knew it & it amused us to hear him cry aloud in anguish that the other station "would not work". Many a happy day we spent thus, never dreaming of the end of these perfect days.
Often we would go straight home & stay all day & have a splendid time whilst Hop & Pierce did their level best to call one another up, but never did the answering flash come. On our return to camp we would always arrive after 5 pm & so miss the parade for dismissal, that is of course providing we did not want to stay out. I vow I can guarantee that the Engineer Sigs were absolutely the cleanest unit in the camp – the reputation being held up by Hop alone. We always went out polished up well