14 June 1953 - Last monday we worked until 11pm…on Tuesday we were up until 3am. We were on a scheme with the Royal Navy in a place called Tai Po. We had to make an assault landing under pretty realistic conditions. We had one narrow escape when two “enemy” gunboats sent up star shells about 200 yards from us. We could see their outline quite clearly but they didn’t see us.
Loading a 25 pounder on to an LCM:
28 June 1953 - The test match is going along quite well, isn’t it? Hutton really is a marvel. We have been receiving the commentaries through the Australian Broadcasting Commission for the last couple of days. The usual way we receive it is through Radio India but variety is the spice of life.
11 July 1953 - The weather has been hot for the last few days and I do mean hot. The shirt has been saturated by the time I took it off. The mail plane has just past (sic) overhead.