Item 07: John D. Wilson diary, 19 September-28 December 1917 - Page 171
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we all were hospital blues with a big cloak made out of a blanket, and a huge band tied around the middle which makes us look like Monks.
Sunday December 23. 1917. 1238
A nice day. Another heavy frost last night.
This morning I was removed from No 1. ward to No. 3 ward which is a large one with 25 beds. This is called a medical ward and is for convalescents, being the second stage in the cure. There are 22 patients in this ward. We were all issued with a bottle of Bass English ale which was splendid, also 2 packets of cigarettes. (Crayol), the third issue since I have been here. There was a concert here in the canteen given by the Anzac coves. It was well attended, but I have been at much better concerts in France. The programme items of a very low standard to put it mildly.
Monday Dec. 24. 1917. 1239
Christmas Eve. It is cold and frosty today. I had a hot bath this morning, the third since I have been here and another change of clothes, the second. We had another issue of cigarettes.
Tuesday Dec. 25. 1917. 1240
Christmas Day. 1917
This is the first Christmas I have spent in an hospital and the second in France.
Before dinner to day we were all issued with a Christmas box the gift of the "Australian Red Cross Society". It contained