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dodge sentry without being caught.
Oct: 3a.m.
Reveille. 3.30 Breakfast, tinned fish and bread. 4 a.m. march off, reach Black Boy Hill 12.15. Foot inspection 12.30 – 12.40, dash off to catch train to Perth into studio.
Oct:
Vacancy in A.M.C. – have a try for it. C.O.Captain Townsend, says that he cannot spare me. 5 o'clock p.m. ask Captain Townsend, and offer to give a surety of £100, to have leave after drill to get back to my studio to finish picture. He tells me he cannot give me preference but if I am out of camp not to let him see me.
Oct;
On Parade will not wear my hat like the other men. The adjutant yells at me, "Put that hat straight, you look like a --- bandit!" I thought I looked nice, but individuality does not find favour in the army;: doing everything like everybody else does. It is a -----nuisance.
Oct:
Five day leave - return to studio to try and finish picture.
Oct:
Am told leave had been curtailed – keep to my studio, otherwise shall be sent back to camp if caught by a picket. I must finish picture.
Nov; - 12.45 p.m.
Return to camp. Crowded motors from Midland Junction to Black Boy Hill – can't find my lines – eventually discover no lines to find; they have struck camp and are