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Monday May 18
Day 407
Company parade. Squad drill – Bren gun. Another large convoy passed through on way to Turkey. Wrote in afternoon.
Tuesday May 19th
Day 408
Platoon on guard. Missed guard duty, free day. Huge convoy of trucks & ???. Passing on way to Turkey. Played cards in evening. Weather very warm. Flies becoming persistent.
Wednesday May 20
Day 408 (he has miscounted so I will continue with his numbering)
Taken down road in lorry – surveyed area by drome. Where manoeuvre is being held tomorrow. Arrived back at 10 o’clock then anti-tank lecture. Received parcels from home numbered 12-13-14 & another parcel from Marg.
Thursday May 21st
Day 409
Taken east of aerodrome in readiness of manoeuvres. Took up positions as paratroop. Began raining heavily – man. cancelled before C&B (?) companies arrived. Continued raining most of the day so free day.
Friday May 22nd
Day 410
Small routine march. On road block. Guard at night. Finished C.B.
Saturday May 23rd
Day 411
Doing road block. Played cards in intervals.
Sunday May 24th
Day 412
Routine march to border. Leave to Aleppo. Saw picture “52nd Street”.
Monday May 25th
Day 413
Company parade then P.T & run during morning. On drome guard at night.
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14 Weeks Worth of Socks 
Day 413 — “Company parade then P.T & ??? during morning.” Could this be “Company parade then P.T & run during morning.”?
Yes it could be, I’ll check in daylight tomorrow with the diary itself – its easier in natural light (when I’m not so tired 🙂 )
I just stopped by and need to familiarize myself… but was he stationed in the SWP?
Not sure what SWP is?
Oops… Sorry. The South West Pacific… 🙂
He served in Egypt, Libya and now where I am at in the diary in Syria. I think he ends up in Italy at some point too. But I am learning as I am transcribing. I haven’t pre-read his diary.
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