Item 11: Oliver L. S. Holt diary, 13 August-28 October 1918 - Page 38

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more cases would come after about four when we were to pack up & join A Section. Someone had made a mistake however, for when we were half-packed the constant succession of cars recommenced, & we had to unpack again & carry on.

Somewhere about 6 oclock however the arrivals ceased & we commenced the tiresome job of packing up. Then stretchers, salvage & all kinds of things that littered the green fronting the roadway, were collected, lorries & cars were filled with stuff & sent off.

I found myself with the last group of people, & we had a weary wait from dusk to dark, & a (luckily) fitful moonlight, until at about 11 oclock the last lorry came, & we loaded it & left.

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