Mosman 1914-1918

July

and knocked about YMCA all the afternoon. Service in the evening. 8th Classified B1A2. Doing a few Physical Jerks. 9th Major Gen. McKie presented medals in the morning. Still mucking about. 10th On isolation guard. It is a good stint. 11th morning off. Went to Warminister to get V.P.K. film devel -oped & printed. 12th Payday 13th Canteen fatigue, went to Codford in the afternoon, and saw Mrs Stacey Things are just the same there. 16th Marked A3. today. 18th Left [no.6?] Command, & went to O.T.B. Went to Warminister in the night. 19th Got the photos at Warminister 20th Saturday, In Warminister again. 21st Guard, 23rd Guard, 25th L.G. instruction & Pay. 27th Went to Warminister with [Patts?] & fell into a

August

creek coming home. 29th Guard & Strike 31st Met Vic Dally again. 1st L.G. instruction 2nd August. 12months today since I left home. 5th Guard. 8th Pay. 10th Walked to Codford with Wolfe &Dally Stopped all night, came back in the morning. 11th Went to Longleat Park & lake. 13th Inspec -ted by Gen, Sir Francis Howard 14th Went for a swim to Longleat "Buckshee" Pictures in the afternoon. Left O.T.B. about 7.30 Dally & Wolfe came down part of the way. Left Warminister about 10.15 p.m. Arrived at Folkestone early in the morning . Sailed about 12 noon. Arrived Bologne & went to a rest camp. All the Aussies broke bounds in the evening & went to the Rue de St Paul. 16th Left Bologne & came down to the base at Havre