Item 15: Archie Barwick diary, 1 October-14 December 1918 - Page 128
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in all probability before sailing. She left about 2 oclock & I went down below & started to write up the days doings & by now I am beginning to feel pretty rotten so one can guess what kind of a time I am going to have. I am dreading the first few days for I am no sailor, anyone whe can have my rations for the next 3 or 4 days or I will be greatly mistaken. Braithwaite has just given me a dose of Beechams pills & what a job I had to get them down they insisted on sticking in my throat & the coating started to wear off & my mouth began to feel like or taste like a chemist shop so I had to dash downstairs & swallow some water which thank heavens shifted the obstruction.
4th. Got very little sleep last night the hammock seemed so strange I had quite a job to keep in mine & I felt rotten & to make matters worse one of my teeth has been nagging for the last couple of days.
The food on the boat is excellent for breakfast this morning we had