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at a station near Hasebrouk, detrained and after waiting an hour marched off crossing the Belgium frontier in about 5 kilos then after another ten kilos a weary march we arrived at a Rest Station called Waratah Camp & a mile & a half from a large town called Poperinghe here we are waiting for orders what to do
Thursday Sep 7
We are still here waiting & resting.
I went in to have a look at Poperinghe it has good streets & churches & is the town of a corner of Belgium that the Germans did not get through not being able to pass Ypress which is about 6 miles E from here so the enemy is content with firing as many shells as he can into Poperinghe not by any means a healthy place.
On returning to the camp I lost my way & was just in time for 2 oclock parade. While In P I got a dinner of nice cutlets (veal) quite a treat