Item 15: Archie Barwick diary, 1 October-14 December 1918 - Page 71
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7th. Have been busy shaking & belting my blankets this morning & they are now hanging out on the wire with my pyjamas getting a good airing which they so badly need.
Am Orderly Sgt. again this morning, this job will do me for its nice & easy especially when one knows the ropes so well.
There was a great commotion about the town this afternoon, we were all just sitting down to tea, when there was a most tremendous noise in the harbour all the whistles & horns of the steamers & warships started blowing & every little thing that could raise a scream took it up & there was cock-a-doodle-doing galore, we all guessed at once what it was the armistice signed & the end of the war. All the boys rushed out of the huts & started cheering & shouting & everyone was wildly excited, so much so that none of us could wait for our tea but put our tunics on &