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Thursday March 5th 1942 - Lovely day. Sat talking all morning, reading in afternoon – not many books here. Still waiting for Sunday 29th!about 15 hours agofrom web
Wed March 4th 1942 - Went scrounging in morning. Read all afternoon. Still plenty of rice (had first taste of bread for a fortnight – grand)3:54 AM Dec 16thfrom web
Tue March 3 1942 - Quite nice day today. Rained on way to swimming – swam in oil! Porridge for breaky. Tried to sleep in afternoon – in vain9:21 AM Dec 15thfrom web
Monday March 2nd 1942 - Raining first thing – off and on all day. Reading most of afternoon. Getting rather fat on rice!4:01 AM Dec 14thfrom web
Ruby was my girlfriend at the time. When I came home I married my wife Pearl. I always liked jewels.3:57 AM Dec 14thfrom web
Sunday March 1st 1942 - Dreamed last night of Ruby. Lovely morning. Church parade. Rained all afternoon – slept most of time.3:55 AM Dec 14thfrom web
Saturday February 28th 1942 (Cont.) - Rumours of spiritualistic forecasts of returning to neutral country or home on March 29th!1:21 AM Dec 11thfrom web
Saturday February 28th 1942 - Rained afternoon. No swim today. Rice all meals.1:16 AM Dec 11thfrom web
Friday February 27th 1942 - Swimming 1015 – lovely day. Still plenty of rice!5:16 AM Dec 10thfrom web
Thursday February 26th 1942 - Lovely day after night of rain. Rainy season setting in.4:24 AM Dec 8thfrom web
Alot of POWs on return couldn't eat rice after three and half years of it everyday. My wife does make a good rice pudding though.4:39 AM Dec 7thfrom web
Wednesday February 25th 1942 - Parade for Japanese C in C. No swimming today. More rice!4:35 AM Dec 7thfrom web
Wednesday February 25th 1942 - Parade for Japanese C in C. No swimming today. More rice!3:13 AM Dec 4thfrom web
Tuesday February 24th 1942 - Swimming 4 o’clock. Nothing much doing. Rice being issued now by Japanese.2:48 AM Dec 3rdfrom web
Monday February 23rd 1942 - Same old life. Fine day today. Swimming at 4 o’clock.3:19 AM Dec 1stfrom web
Sunday February 22nd 1942 - Very fine today. Church parade 11 o’clock. Swimming at 4 o’clock.2:50 AM Nov 26thfrom web
