Page 34 - January 5th

Sunday 5^th Jan.

And that's it! Jack seems to have given up on his diary at this point. I do know that the 43^rd moved to a village named Cerisy, where they stayed until early April 1919. They then shifted to the big camps at Codford, Wiltshire, and in June Jack left for Australia on the TSS Wiltshire, arriving back home in July.

Page 34 - January 4th

Saturday 4^th Jan dawned fairly good. Up too late to play Reveille. Practice all morning. In the afternoon the football team went over to 44^th & gave them a beating. Very good day.

Thursday 4^th Jan spent mostly installing a new washbasin. 50 year-old plumbing can be a nuisance!

Page 33 - January 3rd

Friday 3^rd dawned cold but a little cloudy. Reveille played at 7:30. Practice from 9:30 to 12, & at 2 o'clock there was a 2 mile run, but needless to say I did not start (too old). Rather a decent day.

Wednesday 3^rd started off with very heavy rain at dawn. Very heavy clouds around, and showers continuing. Very nice indeed.

Page 33 - January 2nd

Thursday 2^nd dawned cold & clear, so we turned out & played Reveille. Practice all morning & a free afternoon. Rather a nice day with a shower or two.

Tuesday Jan 2^nd started with a nice shower in the wee small hours. Whether there is more around remains to be seen.

Page 33 - January 1st 1919

- 1919 -

January 1^st dawned upon us rather mild but cloudy. Last night the boys had a bit of a kick up & unhinged a few gates, rolled the old Mayor's roller into a pond, put his pig in a cask & put the cow in the pig sty but never did any damage. Today was a holiday for all hands, so after dinner I went to Saint Maxent to see the 41^st but found they were away at Abbeville & had been away for about a week, so had to walk back again - arriving just in time for tea. Had tea & then developed a film.

- 2007 -

January 1^st very quiet here.