Rained heavily all night and although raining hard this morning we still had to hall in for work and got soaked through whilst waiting to march off. Finally, we were dismissed back to our huts. Meanwhile the Squad Leader·got a pretty good beating up over the head with a
Had my first taste of FROG today and it was quite good, more like chicken, must try out a bit of snake meat. Another rainy day with the inevitable soaking through. The Sirens were on the go again last night. Food is still as short as ever.
Plenty of wailers on the go last night but heard nothing more. Had quite a good muck about for breakfast consisting of a balance of broken pieces of chocolate, jam, 80 packets of sugar and all the raisins and prunes cooked up with the rice, but there was no vegetable
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
Still no stew for breakfast so let's hope some vegetables come in for the evening meal.
Had a shock for the evening meal; got a small portion of tinned salmon with the rice but we but there was no stew as vegetables did not arrive at the Camp. The latest rumour is that we have now got Singapore, Malaya and Java and are in Sumatra. Also
At about midnight last night it sounded as if hell had been let loose in the New Officers Hut, and we were preparing for a good beating up. It finally turned out that these Officers were pulled out to go and unload a lorry load of nails, wire, etc. The
Quite a few incidents of stealing of cigarettes and beatings up have occurred lately with the Guards, who are the culprits. They went to the Other Ranks Hut, next to ours yesterday and turned over all kits and took away about 16 packets of American cigarettes. Five men were caught
Another raid last night with plenty of aircraft passing over for some considerable time so I guess they got it thick and heavy somewhere. There is an interesting rumour going around to the effect that there has been a big naval battle and that the Japanese fleet is practically non-est.
The rice shortage is sure noticeable and the vegetable stews are really wicked, absolutely tasteless. The rumour is that the Japanese Interpreter from Headquarters at FUKUOKA has given it as his opinion that we would be free men within a month. Planting rice on the Farm today. Got issued with
Another black out last night. Meals today have been short as we have gone back to camp workers ration again.
Yasume today so it looks as if the Sunday Yasume is coming true. Had another fire practice this morning, it went off much better and quicker than last time, starting at 8 o/c and finishing just before 9 o/c. This is the great day for writing our essay,
