Eric MacNider's wartime diary: View pages

Death – Thomas Knox (60) of C.M.C.

Death – Insp. A. E. Carey, HKP (43)

Canteen Xmas fare display – Rice flour, rice noodles, Kong So cakes, sweet biscuits, bottled syrup & boiled sweets

“Journey’s End” read at night standing (Colledge, Ascough, Valentine, Wyllie, Blair, MacKenze, Armstrong – W. Cox)

Sandbach / Myhill

No firewood – grass collected for kitchens

Issue Y12.50

Wong tong residue ((spelling?)) Y11.88

Soy sauce 

2 pm raids

Issue 5 pkts cigarettes Y3.25

Issue of cigarettes, Kong so cakes & sweets (children)

Draw for raffle of 8 cockerels

Col. Takanada inspected camp

Salt duck & salt chicken sent in

Rose

Carol service 7 lessons

5 afternoon raids – roll call 5 pm. Curfew extended to 8 pm

Bread issued in pm

Dow / Martin

((This is a new page, and at the top is written:)) Cable from ??? ((unclear)) read. ((It's not clear which date this applies to.))

Social (R.C.) at S S Hall.

"New Year Revue" (p.by ??? ((unclear "Mills"?)), Bateman, Garton,???)

Death – Capt. Joseph Stewart Andersen (56)

Wedding – Vincent Morrison + Marie Barton. (Hesler – best man B C Fox ((sp?)), bridesmaid ??? Barton ??? ((several words unclear)), was given away by Father)

General inspection of Camp by Jap. authorities (2 - 4 ((unclear)) rooms)

Brown / Ponting

Loaf of bread issued

X (Alun Thomas, E. Grant ((sp.?)), S Mackinlay ((sp.?)), J??? (("Jenner"?)), ??? (("Betty Twidale"?)), D. Wilson ((spelling?)), C.J. Norman (C), Betty Tebbutt,??? ??? (("Peggie Hunter"?), J. Matthew / ((or "Mathers"?)), Scantem ((spelling?)), Harry Tyler, McDermott.)

X ((probably means a repeat of the show from the 1st))

X ((probably means a repeat of the show from the 1st))

Birth – To Mr. & Mrs J.A. Fox, a daughter. (Maureen Patricia)

Death – Miss Olive Suzanne Geoffrey (34), Nursing Sister, Med. Dept.

Short / Rose