Item 01: James William Dains diary, 21 November 1916-4 June 1917 - Page 93

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All the trees & shrubs are out in their green & birds of all kinds sing & chirp all day long. Through this lovely wood run tracks & tramlines, breastworks & trenches, many of them named after the streets & places of London, Picadilly Circus, Regent St., The Strand & so on. In one part stands a log hut, the Batt. H.Q. It seems a tradition that every Batt. occupying it should put something on its walls and so on the door is a fine painting of the Black Watch coat of arms, Durhams, English & Irish troops & then Australian. It is here that Bairnsfather, [Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather] the war cartoonist, spent some time & there are some of his sketches. Some of those which have delighted thousands were made in this little log hut in the dense wood of Plugstreet. It is very noisy. A curious notice is found posted on