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16 Sat. [Jan] Only Half Day to day. Drill General leave till 11 P.M. Week End's Granted For Salisbury & Shaftesbury. Football Matches Arranged. I saw my first glance of an English fox Hunt. I was amused at the Horsemanship, a Slow Canter was the Fastest speed I saw The General Pace was a trot behind the Beagles. Theatre at night. Hotel's open at 12.30 till 2.30 p.m. and close. Re-open at 6 P.M. and close at 9. 5 hours a good scheme. Smoking in Theatre very good also
17 Sun. Usual Exercises. Shave Etc & Church Parades. Afternoon Leave Pub's open on Sunday's
18 Mon. Draft's leaving for France They had been here 3 month's. Usual drill General leave at night At Present am not too highly pleased with what I saw of England. Cold & sloppy. Snow 2 ft deep. It was pretty to see the snow but no Good to our System's after our Lovely sunshine
19 Thursday The Usual Routine
20 Friday. Snowing too hard to drill The Col' sent us into Hut's For Lectures. Col' Jackson Challenged anyone in the Training Battalion to Fight him for a £10. We got Lynn Truscott But he was too old. Jackson won in 6 rounds
21 Sat Still Snowing An indoor instruction of Musketry Sick Parade's increasing Pneumonia Prevalent Cold's Prevalent
22nd Sun. Usual Church Parade's. Obtained Leave. Went to the C.E. Cathedral at Salisbury a Beautiful Edifice a Window for every day in the year. After Service Visited Stonehenge and went to a Café for Dinner Cost 3/6 for dinner not as good as a 6d one in Sydney. Glad to get Back to Camp out of Cold
23 Monday Have joined what is called the Lead Swinger's Viz sick Parader's. Am ordered to Bed for a few day's. Better than out in the Snow. Poor Ferrier of Katoomba died at Fovant Hospital. I am looked after well.
26 Thursday Am Convalescent. Doctor wont let me on Parade so I am given a job to look after a Drying room. A 20 x 12 Brick Room 10 ft ceiling gas pipes 9 in apart under Ceiling to put clothes on. A Coal stove each end. I label each man's clothes and they dry Quickly.
27 Friday I buy a Smoothing Iron and do well pressing Officer's and Sergeant's suits. They want me to start a Laundry. Soap is scarce in Camp though