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for Boulogne when we arrived 2 oclock quite a lot of messing around as per usual it was cold coming across the channell the destroyers HMAS (Victoria London) about 1000 we disembarked & marched out off pier to a square in town. fell in & marched off to a rest camp where we arrived about 6 oclock more messing around rotten arrangements Fishermen & plenty of fish
13/11/16
Had a fairly good sleep last night parade this morning [indecipherable] Sgt Major [indecipherable] laughable he was. We are moving off at 2.45 after waiting about for some time Lad drunk again but not troublesome at all. 3 of us went into Boulogne a fine town bought Xmas cards Fine women. Had a good feed opposite St Nicholas Church RC. fine building it is bought a few things back to camp in time to move of intrained for Etaples rotten journey compared with the English trains arrived there 6 oclock at station issued with rifles into camp soon afterwards after being lost.
14/11/16
Hell of a job to find our camp but got there after some bad language from the boys last