9 July 1945

Yasume today. Reveille and Roll Call one hour later.

Breakfast was a trifle better, but nothing to write home about. Had coffee without sugar or milk.

Got weighed - 48.5 kilos with a loss of 4.4 kilos , nearly 9 1/2 lbs. It certainly shows what the cut in food has done, everybody is down, no doubt the time will come when everybody will get enough to eat.

After a deal of trouble a bit of Red+ was issued: a packet of cigarettes, half a slab of chocolate and a small portion of tinned meat for the evening meal which we could sure do with as the mid-day meal was so small it could literally have been blown away.