Fine morning Coys do 1 hours training & Box Resp [Respirator] inspection. Church parade 11.30 am. One Hun plane over about 11.35am. Visit ALISS (?)  at night nice walk

Fine morning Coys do 3 hours training. Platoon Drill. C.O. & Adjt. Go on leave. Nice day ALISS (?) comes up at night & we manage a bottle of whisky.

Fine morning but dull. We have kit inspections etc & general clean up. Application for leave forwarded. Fine night we go & visit ALISS (?) & have a very good time.

Bttn parades ready to march off 4.30am, cold & windy but no rain. Arrive at HOPOUTRE siding 6.0am where the men get tea. Entrain about 7.0am. Train left 7.55am & after a very cold miserable journey we arrive at AUBIGNY about 3.0pm & march to Y Huts arriving about 6.0pm, very poor accommodation, quiet night & poor sleep, woke up by Maj. WALKER (Pig) & no sleep afterwards.

Fine morning, Bttn has inspection parades. Several Fritz planes over & one appeared to be brought down. We get orders to move at 7.0am tomorrow. Very cold & windy at night, heavy rain. Adj.[Adjutant] tells me to send in for one months leave (done)

Birthday of my dear wife.

Fine morning but cloudy. Many Happy returns & thoughts of my darling wife.

Bttn cleans up & has inspection parades & expect to move tomorrow. SM DUNTON comes over at night & we have a quiet drink.

Fine morning. Bttn parades ready to move at 9.40pm(?) & we proceed by march route to K Camp via WATOU arriving about 1.0pm (?) Huts & tents but camp very dirty. All Brigade together. Fritz very active at night but not on us.

Fine morning & we have a very nice day the best for some time. Det moves at 2.0pm by march route via HERZEELE-WATOU & arrives at camp about 5.0pm. Bttn just marching in at same time. They all look very weary & dirty. Fritz over at night otherwise quiet

Bad morning, rain again nearly all day camp in very bad state, we get orders to move tomorrow to PLURENDON CAMP. Send orderly on & he reports camp in a bad state.

Fine morning, rain again in afternoon, very cold & miserable.