Item 15: Archie Barwick diary, 1 October-14 December 1918 - Page 80
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12th. Went down the town yesterday afternoon & found Plymouth & Devonport in the wildest state of excitement & joy, flags, bunting, rosettes, banners fluttered from every house & building & every one was sporting red white & blue, carrying flags singing songs marching up & down the streets, our flag was well to the fore the "Diggers" were carrying it & singing patriotic songs & dittis at the top of their voice & crowds of girls were helping them. I saw one never to be forgotten sight it was in Fore Street, a little party of our lads had 2 fine Australian flags where they got them from goodness only knows, at any rate they started to sing "Australia will be there" & the enthusiasm ran very high, & the crowds collected rapidly & the whole street was blocked for hundreds of yards & the people took it up, while it was being sung the lads crossed our two flags, all of a sudden a naval officer forced his way through with a big