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1944
Monday 18th January
No parade, some rain in the night. Sh A came in Court
Meeting of church committee, nothing of interest, Dodds whined for an
hour about his canteen work.
Tuesday 19th January
Office. HH came in, Sh M & A, all stayed long, talked about food,
situation alarming, and really low.
Went over to Agency to meet O'Connell, Captain of the Capetown, used to
be out here in the Emerald. To cinema, but no film so called on the TTs.
Wednesday 20th January
Very busy morning, didnt go fort owing to rain. Office. Lots of people
came in, Sh A, Stoker with the Provost Marshall of Baghdad & various
others, went down to Customs.
Drove after tea to Idari, had the Gunns to bridge & dinner. Very wet
out.
[The above pages were written in the end of the 1942 diary.
Entries in the new 1943 diary start below]
