Category: 1942/08
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August 27th 1942
The rail party departs yesterday. I find repairs will take a month so wire Ranchi, suggesting I return there. Answer is yes if W/C okays it. After much telephoning I contact him in Peshawar, and he gives his assent. So I’m off tonight D.V. [JDW: God willing], though whether I will ever get through or […]
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August 23rd 1942
I linger on in hospital, with sorties to the club for my morning beer. Eventually on 19th I depart in a lorry with my revolver and my rifle, and a lot of other BOs discharged from hospital. We meet the Column coming back and Brigadier Freeland and Morris Latham 3/1 G.R. pass close by but […]
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August 15th 1942
Repeated blood slides eventually disclose BT malaria and I am very ill one evening but temperature normal next day and so on. Am now moved to ward upstairs which is full of BOs. My bill for 48 hrs (3 days) at the Staff mess in Rs 15 – a monster! Falconer and his boys got […]
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August 10th 1942
I am sent to Razmak with Falconer and 16 B.O.R.s to salvage Ridley’s prang. We have to stay two nights in Bannu rest camp, a dreadful joint, but I am able to get rid of the Club tickets I have hoarded for all these years. I spend the days swimming there and getting prickly heat. […]
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August 8th 1942
Hammers, Jacky, Pierce, Larsen, Burke and self go to Peshawar in the truck and stay Saturday night at Dean’s Hotel (11/-). We swim in club and then do some drinking, having a rather hilarious dinner with champagne at about 10pm in the club. Very stuffy in the rooms and I wake up wanting a drink […]
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