Item 05: Thomas Goodwin war diary, 19 March-4 December 1918 - Page 10
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men. While waiting for the train at Calias, my Bty. come through on train, going north. For two pins I would join up and go with them, instead of going to a comvalasent camp; but having 19 men in my charge, and no N.C.O. to hand over to I went with them to C.C. Feeling a bit off colour, turned out of hospital, and had to walk 3 miles, and then get on board train and stand up in a horse truck for 6 hours, and then wait for motor bus to take us on to No. 7 C.C. depot, arriving there about 10 p.m. Rotten hole, parades all day long.
15-4-1918
Bitterly cold, wind. Not wanted in this camp, shunted to another, this time No. 10 C.C. Raining a treat, had to walk about 4 miles, mostly up hill. About 3,000 men here from diffrent regiments, I am in a hut with a lot of Tommies, make a man sick, the damn lot of lead swingers. N.C.O. trying their utmost to dodge going to join their units. On the 21st of last month the Germans made a