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Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I

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Onduty 8-12 am + 8 to 12 P.M. Loafing round the
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fort all day -- Will volunteer for trench mortars if
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this continues -- Long yarn with Mahony (Australian
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Geol. Survey).
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Rainy squally weather  On duty in charge of
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the fort 8-12 pm - Rain, blowing hard
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18 Tuesday [18-348]
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Mahony. I take 44 [?}] on a 6-mile route march
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past Hubberston Village -- Pretty well tire the
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men out.  In afternoon walk with Phillips
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(R.E. Officer) along the cliffs.-- Two girls to
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dinner at mess again -- et c'est la guerre!
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James. The Cub Lieut. in for a talk -- provincial
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Welsh dialect he talks very hard to follow.
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19 Wednesday [19-347]
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In Orderly Room with Mahony in morning
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+ with class Taking 6" - striker
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to pieces in the afternoon --  Stormy
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squally day, blowing a gale, with
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lightning at night.
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Things very slack around this fort- Maj
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Gordon absent at CMartial of Maj. of
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Pembrokes charged with abusing a batman
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while drunk.  -- Beautiful army this of ours!

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6 January [17 to 19] 17 MONDAY [17-349] 1st Month 1916


Receive Field Allowance Dec. 3-17-6 being 2s-6d a day + Ration Allowance (?) 2-3-11 (1sqd a day)

On duty 8-12 a

Onduty 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 [?}] 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!