Fine morning but cold. I bike to Weymouth to visit Dentist again, arrive home at 1.35 pm. Go out with L in the afternoon & have a nice stroll visiting Aunt Jane. Quiet night but very nice.
5 Dec
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4 Dec TOURS
Boat sails at 12.10am and after a nice voyage we arrive at SOTON [Southampton] at 7.30 am. I go to S.West Station & catch train at 9.30 am arriving at Weymouth 12.40 pm. See L at station & we go off to Dentist. Have 2 teeth out & impression taken for new ones. Get a shave & have a wash at Mrs. Plumbe, very good. Meet Col & Mrs G.D. ARMSTRONG , quite a surprise. Catch 4.30 pm train from Weymouth & arrive home at 5.30 pm very tired. Had a bath & good night.
3 Dec TOURS
We stop at MONTEROLIER- BUCKY & get tea issued free, which was very. Arrive at HAVRE about 10.0 am very tired and weary, we march to rest camp & stay there until 6.45 pm when we march to boat & embark on SS. St. PETERSBURG. Get a bath aboard & manage to get the first good meal for 2 days. In rest camp at HAVRE I meet MARSHALL DAVIS & Mr(?) BRADLEY, quite a pleasant surprise.
2 Dec TOURS
We go to a shed just covered with canvas & have to wait there for the train which is timed to leave at 5.25 am. It is very cold and we walk about all night. About 8.0 am we get some rum & coffee which bucks us up a bit. Train arrives at 11.30 am (6 hours late). I meet at HANGEST J PETHARD of Stratford-on- Avon. We get a good seat in train 1st Class carriage with SM LEWIS 5th Aus Div Arty, SM LOUCH RGA, SM NOBLE 1 / 2 Monmouths & Sgnt MARSHALL 5th Aus Div TM Batt. Train ride is a very long & tedious journey, but warm.
1 Dec TOURS
Fine morning very cold. Cross country run at 3.0 pm. Very cold and misty. Teams of 40 per Coy. Distance of run about 2 ½ miles. Pte HIGHAM B Coy wins easily. B Coy Winners, A Coy 2nd. Start on leave at 5.30 pm & get a lift in Motor to St. MAXENT & wait there until 8.30 pm when we leave by Lorry for HANGES arriving there at 11.30 pm after a very tedious journey during which the driver loses his way twice.
30 Nov TOURS
Fine morning very cold. Receive orders to move on Sunday. All parades cancelled except Bttn parade under me at 2.30 pm. Surplus kit goes away to OISEMOND. Parade 2.30 pm. Bttn drill very well. No letter again.
29 Nov TOURS
Fine morning but very cold. Bttn route march 9.30 am. Nice walk arrive back about 1.0 pm. Very cold miserable afternoon. Leave party go again, perhaps a bit better luck, hope so. No letter again.
28 Nov TOURS
Fine morning. Bttn Parade 9.30 am. Moving in Artillery Formations, very good parade return in about 1.0 pm. Very misty in the afternoon. Madame regrets her temper. No letter but |I tell Mama shall perhaps be home on Sunday. No luck cancelled again.
27 Nov TOURS
Fine morning. Bttn. Parade 9.45 am. Close order drill very good, C. O. pleased with parade. Bayonet fighters commence practice for Div Compl. Row in Madame’s Estaminet at night, she hits soldier with canteen & causes a disturbance. I get Estaminet closed for Troops.
26 Nov TOURS
Wet morning. H C 8.0 am. Church Service 9.45. Presentation of medals at ERCOURT 11.0 am. We send 100 men to parade, nasty morning & they get wet. Sgnt HARROD, L Corp SMART, Pte ?ANKS, Cpl TEDDAR, CSM SHEPPARD & several others get Military Medals. Capt. BEAMISH gets Military Cross. Nasty day. 8 beat 11 2 – 0. 14 beat 13 10 –0. Vol Church Service at night 6.30 pm. Very good.