Item 02: Rodda war diary, 20 August 1917-10 October 1918 - Page 3
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[Page 3]
Pay Book No 250602
2/- day commencing 24/1/1917
Wrote home Aug 18th from front.
20/8/17 Recd letter from Mother
21/8/17 Tooth filled by Military Dentist. Signed for 4 Barrack's [?] damages
22/8/17 Cabled Mother address 35th Bn Wrote home
23/8/17 Entrained [Indecipherable] 10.40am & arrived S/Hampton Wharf 12.15pm. Embarked on"Antrim" 5.15pm – am alongside the"Aquetania". Saw shells 6" being loaded for Italy & R.G.A. en route to Egypt. left wharf 7.15pm. Paid 2/6 & got hammock in good position on boat.
24/8/17 Very rough coming across Channel but was not sick. Up 6.30am & disembarked 7.30am at Le Havre. Marched about 4 miles to Base Camp arriving 11am. Bully beef Army biscuits for dinner
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