Item 02: W. E. Bendrey diary, 6 October 1915-19 June 1916 - Page 40
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Feb 12 new faces in tent. Our Cpl gone too. Dont know what the next move will be Concert at YMCA tonight. [in margin] R, Ada
13 Just a little homesick. Church parade as usual. Beautiful morning. Batt split up to form 54 Batt. Many mates separated. Moving again at 2 pm, just a few hundred yards away. Understand Reinf" arrive on Monday, & we leave before Sunday next. Went YMCA Service. (Mr D McNicol) First class speaker Donald is. [in margin] Sunday
14 Am M.O. today. Tent is pitched in nice clean sand. New OC, better than former one. Moved into another tent on a/c of Reinf coming in. Received 3 letters dated Jan 16th. Read them in bed.
15 Dull day. Recd 2 papers from Mum 2 from Tam On parade this afternoon Concert at night, but stayed in & read papers. Lots of chaps here after stars & stripes but ive got too many letters to answer. Mafeesh stripes
16 Chummies doing a bit of N.C.Oing this morning. Confoundedly cool weather Have to shave daily now.