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Glad to say that the weather has taken a turn for the better and is much more pleasant, nice and warm and sunny. J.F., D.B.B. and I went for a walk round the camp on Sunday evening. J. F. and I had been to the 4 o'clock church service. 

Variety concert

Exhibition of camp made goods S.S. (Model of Hi? S?ng ((unclear)) by H W Hardie)

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Fine but damp E wind.

Saw exhibition of gear made in Camp, some very good stuff on show.

Walk with Steve pm.

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Short / Brown

Fine.

Cookhouse.

Poor rations. Biscuits for M.

Walk with Steve pm.

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Sfax captured with Italian General Staff?

My Love, I hope we'll be able to laugh at it someday but this morning I'm in the mood to write a farewell letter!  We had a shock this week - Cressall the Puisne Judge died.  He caught "Landry's ascending paralysis" - it starts in your feet and goes right up.  He was eventually really suffocated or drowned in liquid in his own lungs which he couldn't cough up - an iron lung or oxygen might have helped.

Rice milk in use

Drizzly & cold.

Did nothing all day.

Walk with Steve pm.

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Grayburn and Streatfield are moved again.

This time they're taken by car to Stanley Prison where they're held in much improved conditions. Each has a cell to himself and exercise periods and baths are provided.

Their arrival is recorded in the diary of George Wright-Nooth:

Grayburn brought to Stanley chained to Streatfield....

It seems from Streatfield's account that they were both roped up, but not to each other.

Sources:

Grayburn, Streatfield brought to gaol

MacNamara "Clemenceau"

13th April Grayburn and Streatfield taken away in a.m. bound with rope. Despondent.

Dull & cold. Felt very quiet all day.

Grayburn & another Euro. arrested and brought to gaol. 

Pillboxes & air-raid shelters being prepared by Japs.  Expect raids etc within 3 weeks?

Walk with Steve pm.

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????? ((unclear)) Porridge & peanut butter to children between 3 to 18

Hospital concert (Heat, Large, MacNider, Beck, Brenchley, Heasman, Eager ((Thomas Eager: this may be my sister)) - c. Colledge)

SSB3 v. 12C2 

Kirwan 40 N of Sfax captured. Russian Spring off. commenced. Squadron from Malta sank 75% of Axis convoy in Med. Rommel capitulated? “Medway” sunk.

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Walk with Steve pm.

CIVILIAN INTERNEES. (Source 98)

A list of names with a view to carrying out a repatriation scheme has been sent to the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Gimson, who is interned at Stanley, for approval but it is generally believed nothing will come of this as Gimson is said to be against it. He is reported to be firmly convinced that no one should be repatriated who will be urgently needed when the Colony is recaptured.

"Mimi" (musical comedy) (p. by Dean Smith & Isaac Newton)

Two more letters from Australia have arrived; one a fortnight ago from Chère, dated August 5th (quite recent!) telling us that Pop has been stationed or transferred to Perth. Marvellous! Now they can really be with each other for some time. The second letter from Pop arrived a day or two ago. It has taken a long time to arrive as it was written and dispatched a day after his first one. Now I am hoping to hear from Betty and again from Ceylon. I hope they keep on writing and don’t wait till they get a reply, because we are still not allowed to write.

Cookhouse.

Fish.

Fine day.

Canton bombed? Expect HK bombing at Easter?

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"Mimi" ((for details see 15th))

Cloudy, windy but fine.

No news.

Walk with Steve pm.

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Yarn with Willoughby. “Mimi” said to be “OK”!