8 Aug 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

Submitted by Richard Iwan Jones on Thu, 07/17/2014 - 15:08

Twigs for firewood

More $75 parcels collected

Rice cooked like congee

”AMATEUR NITE” - D. Wilson, Gilchrist, Wilkinson (2) & Drewery won prizes 

Cyril Brown, M.C.

((Possibly J Q Gilchrist, not sure about the others.))((Barbara Anslow: The "Wilkinson (2)"  were probably Marjorie and Maureen Wilkinson aged about 11 and 12, the younger of the 3 Wilkinson girls in camp with their parents and brothers.  They often sang, had very good voices. "Drewery" is probably Irene Drewery, then about 10 or 11.))

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