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14 October 1914
Wednesday
Reveille at 6 am
Stables as usual. Frean fixing up damaged machines for day, fuel marching order no blankets or oilsheets & haversack packed per regulations. Heard last night definitely date of sailing let girl know eventually. Toby getting anxious regarding his firl for she leaves Sydney on Friday & its 100 to 1 that we pass her at the heads. Move out for [indecipherable] at 9.30 [indecipherable] station at [indecipherable] till 12 pm then moved 4 miles N to [indecipherable] where we put night in & had the pleasure of a stampede at night & the boss after that ordered the men to stand by all night & you can guess what a time we had for a bitter night never was more severe, no tucker TSM omitted to requisition for same & poor cook of course fell in but the local residents came to the rescue & we fared sparingly no sleep all night.
15 October 1914
Thursday
Reveille at 4
After a sleepless night we attempted to get a riggle on for camp & get all troops together by 7.30 am Cyclists & motors move on independly to camp arrive at 10am have a meal of chops & chipped potatoes all ranks retire to bed to bed until stables stables at 12 move horses tail on to weather have a wash which is sadly needed dinner at 1.30 after which another sleep till 5 Orderly sergeant for the day & corporal of picquet for the night. Miss Coles never turned up & no letter from Nell, which is to be seen into sent telegram to Miss Ford. 2 bikes up the pole & are to be sent into Healings for repairs Write to Jim Mac Ern & Nell. Ern to meet me in town at 10.30. Wrig posts them for me. 2 horses down with [indecipherable] but are doing well.
Back at 9 up during night indisposed.