Bread delivered 8 a.m. to rooms
15th wet day
Anti-cholera injections
Issue of 1 lb. flour
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Jap. sloop arrived in bay
Main road closed 2-4 p.m.
(See page 36)
Concert at S.S. Hall cancelled
Purchase reps. went to town
Sloop left a.m.
Canada repatriation signatures at C.S.O.
Concert party (B. Pasco) called at Camp. ((Probably Boris Pasco. This is the first and only mention I've seen of an external concert party being allowed to visit the camp.))
Meal hours changed to 11 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.
Drs. Canaval resigned as Block doctors
Whitfields came into Camp ((Who were the Whitfields?))
Death of Mr. F. R. Engdahl (34)
Death of Mrs. Ethel Green Mitchell (60) widow of late Capt.R.F. Mitchell
Cheese canteen $3 1/2 lb. gruyere
(Rose) / J.Bechtel
(See Page 20)
Workers medically examined by Tomlinson.
Sudden drop in temperature.
Permission granted to write one letter each to Europe, Africa, America, Australasia, India, etc., via Lorenço Marques. (See page 31). (Rec’d reply on 8.4.44 from Given ((sp unclear))).
Lunch. 1 tin of pork & beans (1lb.) for 6; 1 tin lobster (7 oz) for 3.
Cheese canteen.
Nutrition supply children 3-5.
Issue of 4pkts. Golden Dragon cigarettes at 20c each per person.
Clothing issued by Int’l Wel. Cttee. (see p.45) 2 Khaki shirts, shorts, toothbrush, toilet p., soap, h’chieves.
New Reps. for Bl. 2-5 elected.
Issue of $17.40 per person.
Short./ (Higgins 4p.m.)
Whit Sunday. – Very warm.
Canteen – cheese $6lb., sugar $1.30 ½ lb., tea (China $1.20 ½ lb, Ceylon $2.50 ½ lb.), 10 biscuits $1.
Drs. Canaval resigned from Clinic. New Baby Clinic under Mrs. Carruthers (former Matron of War Mem Nursing Home).