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126permission to be absent for the day. It was quite early when I started. It did not take me long to reach the Billets of the 56th. Unfortunately I found upon arrival that there were only two companies of the Battn there. The others so I was told were camped at Bernagay[?] Wood – a matter of about 7 kilos away. Off I went and walking briskly along the main road eventually reached my objective only to find that my brother Syd had got his leave 6 days previously! However it could not be helped, so I set off back to our own billets. My terrible[?]was the lack of de[?].
All that I could get was a bit of chocolate off a chap coming along the road, found
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