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4th September 1916
Got up at 4 oclock ready for moving off. Marched off at 7 after speech from Commandant & arrived at station left Winchester at 9 oclock for Amesbury. Arrived at Amesbury at 11 oclock. Marched to camp and arrived very rotten. Everything arse up with me again. Raining & rotten to hell. Sorry I have left Winchester. Very tired & miserable at this rotten hole.
5th September 1916
Rottenly cold day. Reveille 6 oclock. On fatigue & gun drill. Very nice I may say. A Brigade supposed to be ready for the front doing pioneer work. Anyhow I dont know how things are going to pan out. Wrote to Wyn & posted at a P/O and afterward went to pictures.
6th Sept 1916
Out with [indecipherable] Telephones & Flags. Pay day to-day. Did not go out but took phones down the hill. Wrote to Rana.
7th Sept 1916
Signalling & Telephone. Also range finder & Director work. Football match between our battery & 26th. Win for 28th 16 to nil. Did not go out.
8th Sept 1916
[indecipherable] & Telephones. Had some manoeuvres with Director & Range Finder etc. Colonel Pearce bid us all good bye. Returning to Sydney. Received & answered letters from Cousin Kat. Milly & Horrie. Did not go anywhere.
9th Sept 1916
Telephones in the morning. Did not go out till night when I went to pictures & saw Charlie Chaplin in The Elopement.