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Monday 1 January 1917 [1918]
The New Year! Went H.C. [holy communion] 6.30 a.m. & church room full of brave wounded men waiting patiently to be healed & sent back to the front again. Such a bright sharp morning & pretty clouds. Hymn 73 & I wonder how many of us are to tread that awful road in this coming year!
At lunch 3 sisters & 9 V.A.D's from the "Arragon" [Aragon] sat with us & their accts. are most depressing. 1200 men gone & some sisters. 3.30 p.m. we went to the Residency, shook hands with L. & L. Wingate rec'd gift & walked in lovely grounds & watched the old Nile flowing by as peacefully as ever. Concert in Connaught 7 p.m. A R.F.C. [Royal Flying Corps] man (N.Z.) flew over at 10 a.m. & dropped greetings for 1918, then when over "Aotea" a wing broke & he was killed & the other man injured. Altogether a full & sad day in some ways.

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