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Bristol
At Bristol I had to wait 2 hours for a train connection so had a walk round the town & concluded it was a very busy place. The myriads of girls when the factories stopped work was a spectacle.
As I was there a hospital train was emptying the wounded into Ambulances thence to Hospital.
Met a wounded Anzac who rece'd wounds at Pozeiers [Pozieres] (from 18th Batt.).
Newport was next stop. The town boasts of a Suspension Bridge after the Marseilles design which carries people across in a basket. Thence on to Cardiff which is largest town in Wales. Only saw about 20 minutes of Cardiff.
Neath, South Wales
Arrived Neath at 6.40. Had the good fortune to obtain a motor bus to Penrhiewtyn where the Hospital was. On arrival at Hospital I interviewed the Charge Nurse and ascertained the injuries which consisted of a compound fracture of tibia & as I subsequently found out, nervousness bordering on shell shock.
Eventually obtained lodgings at Thomas Llewellyn Café in near Station where I met a New Zealander named Barrington. Soon fell asleep.
Friday 8th
After bath, shave & breakfast I made tracks for Hospital laden with reading matter & biscuits & he was real pleased & no doubt surprised to see me.