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Tuesday
in the Y.M. in the evening & it partook of the nature of a farewell concert to us & the padre who leaves tomorrow. We had a good lively time greatly enjoying ourselves.
Tuesday 19th
Assisted in office for an hour or two in morning & then wrote letters
Padre "marched out" on a cable wagon drawn by 12 horses the chaps lining the road. At places brooms etc were used to "present arms". He was a good sport & very sorry to leave us
Rainy day except evening when I went for a walk.
Wednesday 20th
Office works, application for leave to Birmingham fixed up
Spent evening in camp
Thursday 21st
As three days' light duty was up I paraded sick again and was put back on duty – The chaps have for the last two or three days been doing route marches & today I went out also. We marched about 1 mile past Clop Hill & then returned doing about 9 miles. During an ½ hour spell at Clop Hill I visited the flour mill which is worked by water power in a very businesslike manner. The mill was very quiet & interesting.
After dinner we marched another 5 or 6 miles and felt pretty tired after doing I think