Papers relating to the service of Cyril John Watson, 1941-1945 - Part 17

Conflict:
Second World War, 1939–45
Subject:
  • Documents and letters
  • Prisoner of War
Status:
Open to contributions
Accession number:
AWM2020.22.206
Difficulty:
4

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DATE 21
Nov
1944
24
FEB
1945
2
 APRIL
1945
29
JULY
1945
NECK 14" 14" 13" 13¼"
SHOULDERS 42" 43¼ 39¾" 39½"
CHEST ([[?]]) 24½" 24" 23¾" 33½"
    "         ([[?]]) 27" 25¼ 25½" 35"
WAIST 29¼" 27" 26¾" 25"
BICEPS 10½" 9¾" 9½" 8¾"
FOREARM 10¼" 9½" 9"
WRIST 7" 6 6¾" 6¼"
HIPS 35 34¾" 33¾" 33"
THIGH 18½" 17" 16" 15½"
CALF 14 13½ 13" 12¼"
ANKLE 9" 9" 8¾" 8¾"
WEIGHT 10-5 9-1 8-6  

Attractive Literature
hence worth remembering
Some will [[?]] to pause to [[?]].
To [[?]], [[?]] and to [[??]]
As though to [[??]] life
What is [[???]] hereafter
Present [[??]] present laughter

What's to come, [[?]] still [[?]]
In [[delays?]] there & [[?? plenty?]]
[[???]]
Youth's a [[stuff?]] will not [[restore?]]
[[???]]
[[???]]
In three [[elements?]] flee.
To [[run?]], to [[ride?]], to [[swim?]];
[[?]] where the [[?]] in [[?]]
[[?]] now from the heart of joy,
[[???]]
Take the thanks of a boy 

 

"But each day brings its petty [[dread?]]
Our [[?]] [[choked?]] souls to [[fold?]]
And we forget because we must
And not because we will
([[??]])
We think our fathers fools so were we [[?]],
Our [[??]], no doubt, will thank us so
([[???]])
You cannot have again - a [[??]],
They [[??]], or a lost opportunity.
I feel part of me
This page to be finished

 

11 Sept (Sunday) Still off duty ticked
off by M.O. Wrote letter to Pat. The first.
Interesting chat Bob Sp. re condition.
12.45 players avge. Single v double [[?]]
What a show. [[?]] RAAF (influ)
[Reduplicated first round - diagnosis]
Seems as though I will hit hospital.
1700 - First [[?]] Aust. arrive here Y 
 

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