Item 10: Miles Franklin pocket diary, 5 January 1917-16 February 1918

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[1918 January] Wed. 23 [written on top of page] [diary entries written over columns] Walked to Katchena with Pollard Greenlees & Brown. Warm weather 9½ miles

Thurs. 24 Camp routine.

Frid. 25 Wrote a few words of play

Sat 26 Went to Vodena with Sisters Saunders & Maxwell & Storey joined by Antoine & Stoyanovitch Lecture in evening by Dimetreovith.

Sunday 27 Camp routine, wrote a few words

Mon. 28 Heavenly weather. Sister S. & I driven by Bogoljub went to Vladivon for charbon

Tues 29 Fine weather. Stoyanovitch & Antoine for dinner.

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[1918 January] [written on top of page] Wed 30 Lovely day. Camp routine. No hope of sleep.

[diary entries written over columns] Thurs 31 Camp routine. Investure of hero.

Fri. Feb. 1st Sister Saunders & I went to Vodena with Tommies from Vertikop. Antoine went with us from [Vladivon?]. Dull time in Vodena. Rode to Vladivon. Dinner with dear souls at Vladivon home at 10.30 to find poor S. King suffering.

Sat 2nd Sister King operated on all anxious. Sunday 3rd Very cold. Last day in camp. Sister King suffering. Left on fast train with E. C. Brown & 12 Salonique unit. British Tommies very kind [continued on next page]

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[1918 February] [continued from previous page] rode in luggage van. Not too cold.

[diary entries written over columns] Monday 4 Got to Salonique at 7 & got out to camp very cold there. Tea at W. Tower with Reid & Brown

Tues 5 Went down to Red Cross met Richardson & Dick & went on Board Lafayette [at?] 11.30. Sailed at 4 p.m.

Wed. 6 Drizzle & slight ground swell - not feeling happy.

Thurs 7 Even keel. Visited Serbs. Talked with old Col. Wrote some. Warm

Frid. 8 Sea like glass. Ship absolutely steady. Read 3 acts of play to Sister McD. & finished the 4th

Sat 9 Ship routine. Not quite so warm

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[1918 February] [written on top of page] Sunday 10 - Got into Toulon where we had lunch & left for [diary entries written over columns] Marseilles at 2.15 Dinner there & left for Paris on slow train at 11. All seats gone on "Rapide".

Monday 11 Arrived in Paris at 6.30 taken by R.C. to Hotel St. James & went to bed. Dinner at stn.

Tues 12. In Paris. Morning devoted to Passports & lunch at Tour St Jacques. Then we went to a revue.

Wed. 13 Left at 8 a.m. for Havre. Arrived about 12.30 went to B.R.C. Hostel Went to the Sq. & saw some one decor -ated & a parade. Went on Bd. Normandie at 10. Channel smooth as Mediterr.

Thurs. [14] Arrived at Waterloo at 12.00. Went to Minerva & found Miss Hodge who took me in for night.

Friday [15] Called on Miss Smith & then went [continued on next page]

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to 66. Victoria St. Thence to Walsøe's & back to Miss Hodge. Went to Waterloo for suit case after dinner.

Sat. 16 [February 1918]