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<p>January [17 to 19] 17 MONDAY [17-349] 1st Month 1916
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Receive Field Allowance Dec. &pound; 3-17-6 being 2s-6d a day + Ration Allowance  &pound; 2-3-11 (1s9d a day)
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On duty 8-12 am + 8 to 12 P.M. Loafing round the
fort all day -- Will volunteer for trench mortars if
this continues -- Long yarn with Mahony (Australian 
Geol. Survey).
Rainy squally weather   On duty in charge of 
the fort 8-12 pm - Rain, blowing hard.


18 Tuesday [18-348]
Mahony. I take 44 Corp on a 6-mile route march
past Hubberston Village -- Pretty well tire the
men out.  In afternoon walk with Phillips
(R.E. Officer) along the cliffs.-- Two girls to
dinner at mess again -- et c'est la guerre!
James. The Cub Lieut. in for a talk -- provincial
Welsh dialect he talks very hard to follow.

19 Wednesday [19-347]
In Orderly Room with Mahony in morning
+ with class Taking 6" - striker
to pieces in the afternoon --  Stormy
squally day, blowing a gale, with
lightning at night.
Things very slack around this fort- Maj
Gordon absent at CMartial of Maj. of
Pembrokes charged with abusing a batman
while drunk.  -- Beautiful army this of ours!