Item 01: Rodda war diary, 27 March-18 August 1917 - Page 44

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Sunday, 24/6/17
Reveille 6.30 a.m. but did not get up till 7. Started having meals in dining hall. On duty all day as Btn. runner finishing 7.30 p.m. While on job as runner got job as Escort to Isle of Wight, going tomorrow.

Monday, 25/6/17
Up 5.30 a.m., early breakfast 6.15 a.m. & reported with Mooney at B.O.R. 6.45 a.m. to escort 2 prisoners to Isle of Wight. Kept waiting till 8 a.m. & took them to Dinton, thence 9.18 train to Salisbury. Went down Street in Salisbury to the Cathedral & had feed strawberries costing 7d. lb. – also had glass milk. Caught 10.48 train from Salisbury & went via Romsey & Eastleigh to Southampton West 11.59 a.m. Went down main street & Southampton (after having dinner) as far as the