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2nd-9th January. Weekly tour. Specialist & Co. Australian veteran. 18 years in Victoria. On the 9th marked out. 10-17th. My wound healed. Flying officer & Hun specialist. Uniform. departure. People & peculiarities in Stettin. Women – beer houses. Soldiers – poor people &etc. 3 sentries to guard 5 prisoners. 60% increase Altdamm 12 miles obsolete carriage 6 Russians & Huns. Journey & trails. Arrival camp 1-2-3-4. Camps. Hut & inconveniences. Johnson and Wilks. Lattrines &etc. 18-20th. Palliasse & rough filthy blankets. repulsive soups. M.O inspection marked Switz. thawing. Men 12 mon waiting. 21-31st. 600 arrivals from reprisal awful scenes. man who ate ravenously. towards the end of month additional numbers arrived. General conditions. Camp money. Canteen. rates of pay. Defaulters friends a Commando. Chemical fabrics. Rifle butting. Russians obtaining eggs &etc. Adulterated spirits. Breach of discipline. [indecipherable] & concerts. various nationality. Post, Gutteridge & Wilks. Johnson Hancock charge 5d. Musical requirements.
1st February. Approaching Spring. Bath &etc clothing stolen by Russian. trading clothing. 2-10th. Men returned under escort. 6 weeks bread & water. food smuggled. Sgt Gutteridge unsuccessful attempts to escape. 270 kilos & capture experience. Hun farmhouse recapture &etc. formidable Dutch frontier etc. [indecipherable] cooks & exchange of canned food.
11-17th. Literature. Church service & linguists. 18-28th. Bored. Russian [indecipherable]. Lack of medicine. Sick men. food struggle &etc. Barracks [indecipherable].Sunday excitement. Vermin. Lunch &etc. 1st March. Exchange party departure. Health uniform. concert . 2nd-10th. Anticipating repatriation. Double amputation. Bunter & Clarke. Straffe ordeal 48 hrs. Many large queues assembled in London to receive whatever food they could possibly get. During the struggle many people were injured. Those who managed to secure a bone thrown to them thro the bars of the window considered themselves very fortunate. The food controller in a speech stated that he could prolong the war to March if the strict economy was observed.