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was allowed to retire for 2 hours to a vacant house nearby, with a guard posted outside. Then he had to come back into camp and she supposedly moved to a boarding house in Sydney. What a desolate start to a marriage.
A small orchestra of 14 men has formed in the camp and does quite nicely, considering that the members have never before played together. They hold concerts mostly on Sunday afternoons, which, it goes without saying, are very well attended.
27th May 1915. The promised improvements to the washing and showering facilities have still not started. Since I had been called to the Major regarding our lavatory arrangements [payment for not having to clean the buckets] I complained in the name of all inmates about the cold and pleaded for help. His answer was:
There is a favourable movement going on in Sydney as regards the German prisoners of war. I might be able to tell you more in 8-14 days.
When I asked if maybe that meant a transfer of the Singapore prisoners to another place