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Dover and got there at 5.30. then we left at 8.25 P.M. for London by No. 5 ambulance train. And we arrived at Charring Cross Station at 11.30 P.M. was untrained by St.Johns Ambulance and as the big clock on the station struck midnight we left for the University College Hospital in Gower St. near Euston Station in the West End of London. On the 23/1/18 the doctor looked at me and said I was to be x rayed so they done that in the afternoon and it showed a little fluid on the knee then I was ordered to be massaged. On the 25/1/13 I got up and walked arround a bit and durring my stay in that hospital I had a good time and was made go to everything that was on for there only 3 Aussies in the hospital and I was the only one that was out of bed so I had to go and represent Australia in everything that was on. And on the 12/2/18 I had to report to Cpt Green at Milbank to view the procession of the King going to open Parlament at Parlament House Westminster. But I could not find Cpt Green so I with the aid of the Civil Police got into the Royal Gallery and seen the whole affair. I would liked to have got hold of the crown the King wore I would have had a few Diamonds out of it. Then on 13/2/18 I was transferred to No. 1 A.A.H. at Harefield so I had to catch a train at Praed St Paddington so I arrived at the hospital at 5.45 P.M. And on the 14/2/18 I asked the doctor to send me out on Furlough and so he did and on the 16/2/18 I was let loose again for 14 days leave. But it was not as good a time as the last for I had no mate to go with. I had to pick up a new mate nearly every day. On the 17/2/18 met a pal out of the Btn. working on the staff in London and I went and stayed a night at his place in West end with some people named Landes. And there was an air raid that night in London and on the 18/2/18 I went to Paddington then to [Lauton?] by train and then on to Exiter [Exeter] where I stayed for the night.
And on the 19/2/18 while walking up the town I asked a lady the way to the cathedral so she took us up and showed us around and it is supposed to be the best one out side of London. Then she asked us to come and have lunch with her and her husband at the hotel that they were staying at in which we did then after they took us arround the town in there motor. And they wanted to take us to the theatre at night but we declined there name was Mr. & Mrs. George Haines of Bath and the chap that was with me was Pte J. Williams of the 33rd Btn. So we left them and went to the Grand theatre by ourselves but did not come out the same. And on the 20/2/18 we caught the train on to Plymouth and arrived there at 3.15 P.M. So we just strolled arround the town that night and I met a few of the girls I knew. On the 21/2/18 went out to Mrs. Rules and there all day and at night we all went to Andrews Pictures to see the self anointed monk the man that ruined Russia. And on the 22/2/18 went to Salt Ash to nurse Laings place and stayed there all night. And left there at 3.30 P.M. on the 23/2/18 and my mate was in bad humour for me leaving him on his own so I took him around to Mrs. Smiths for tea and we stayed there till 11 P.M. playing bridge and other card games. On the 24/2/18 went to Milbray [Millbay] hospital and put the afternoon in there mucking up with the V.A.D.s. At night went to the Hippodrome at Devonport. On the 25/2/18 went to Mrs. Harris' at Mutley Plain then on to Ford House hospital to see a mate but he had left so I seen some one else. And on the 26/2/18 went to a picnic at