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Eric MacNider's wartime diary: View pages

Bread delivered 8 a.m. to rooms 

15th wet day 

Anti-cholera injections 

Issue of 1 lb. flour


Jap. sloop arrived in bay 

Main road closed 2-4 p.m. 

(See page 36)


New meal times - NOON & 6 p.m. Sundays 11 a.m.& 6 p.m. 

Sandbach addressed Blocks in compound 


Concert at S.S. Hall cancelled 

Purchase reps. went to town 

Sloop left a.m.


Films shown at S.S. Hall (incl. surrender of S'pore) 

Sandbach/Dr. R.P. Beaver


Canada repatriation signatures at C.S.O. 

Concert party (B. Pasco) called at Camp. ((Probably Boris Pasco. This is the first and only mention I've seen of an external concert party being allowed to visit the camp.))


Meal hours changed to 11 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.


Drs. Canaval resigned as Block doctors 

Whitfields came into Camp ((Who were the Whitfields?))

Death of Mr. F. R. Engdahl (34)


Bidmead, Fay, Randall, Morrison brought to Prison 

Dance at Prn. Club


Death of Mrs. Ethel Green Mitchell (60) widow of late Capt.R.F. Mitchell 

Cheese canteen $3 1/2 lb. gruyere


(Rose) / J.Bechtel

(See Page 20)


Workers medically examined by Tomlinson.

Sudden drop in temperature.

Permission granted to write one letter each to Europe, Africa, America, Australasia, India, etc., via Lorenço Marques. (See page 31). (Rec’d reply on 8.4.44 from Given ((sp unclear))).

 


Lunch. 1 tin of pork & beans (1lb.) for 6; 1 tin lobster (7 oz) for 3. 

Cheese canteen. 

Nutrition supply children 3-5.


Issue of 4pkts. Golden Dragon cigarettes at 20c each per person.

Clothing issued by Int’l  Wel. Cttee. (see p.45) 2 Khaki shirts, shorts, toothbrush, toilet p., soap, h’chieves.


New Reps. for Bl. 2-5 elected.

Issue of $17.40 per person.


Short./ (Higgins 4p.m.)

Whit Sunday. – Very warm.


Canteen – cheese $6lb., sugar $1.30 ½ lb., tea (China $1.20 ½ lb, Ceylon $2.50 ½ lb.), 10 biscuits $1.

Drs. Canaval resigned from Clinic. New Baby Clinic under Mrs. Carruthers (former Matron of War Mem Nursing Home).


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