Item 15: Archie Barwick diary, 1 October-14 December 1918 - Page 46
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& told him how things stood. He had a look at our Pay books & said "certainly you can draw money, how much do you want Sgt. Oh a fiver will do me I said, so he entered it in my book & I was paid in a few minutes & so was old Mac. That afternoon I caught the train for Littlehampton. We left London at 12.50 & went round through Brighton, had to change 3 times first at East Croydon then at Brighton & again at Ford. A civilian nurse was travelling in the same carriage as I was & she had a big trunk, so at the various changes I took possession of her things & helped her all I could for nurses are people I have the greatest admiration for & will always do them a good turn if possible. When I arrived at Mr. Dukes place they were just having tea & I blew in on them unexpectedly. They were surprised to see me for they had imagined me far away on the bounding sea but no such luck.