Diary of Private Bernard Henry McCabe

Sunday February 15^th 5-0 pm.
All silent in Firestone Park
sounds as if the last two shots have
been fired - one having hit Norm Allen
7-0 pm Unofficially surrendered 10-30 pm
official notification - am now kicking
myself for not making a break on
the 11^th when I could have boarded the
"Argon" & made Australia -
Monday 16^th A day of handing in equip
& ammunition - ditched my Tommy Gun
didn't fore a shot woth it & no one
else will - buggar Malays- xxx
went & got plastered on Cascade and
liquers in one of the Rubber Kings Mansion
& sat down to a dinner of Tongues Peas
mushrooms, pimento, asparagus, lobster
butter beans & crackers all off the Frig
& settled down for the afternoon to do
some steady drinking & Ill say we did
Tuesday 17^th Back to where we left off
& at it again- two trips into the wharf
for 4 cases of Cascade- saw my final Jap
& plenty more in town - but we got our
ale.- notified that we were to march
to Changi Barracks in the afternoon
a 20 mile march, so Duffy, Telfer as driver
& I got all the foodstuffs we could get and
[[pushed]] them in a truck and set on our
way- Telfer left us & went back along
the route giving supplies & sick men a
lift- found out where we were billetted
& shifted the food & set about making
up a drink for the boys when they
got in - & were they pleased & it was
well worth carting the water half
a mile & waiting until 3 A.M. till
they were all satisfied at the happy
wat they drank it.

Wednesday  18^thFeb
Orders that all foodstuffs
be handed in to G.M.S - later into
the A.S.C gone are nearly all our [[?]]
Thank G. they didnt call in tobacco 5 lb [[?]]
& 50 pkts papers - food & water going to be
very scarce.- one bottle of water a day
& for washing well it looks as if will
only get the waistband of the pants
washed.
Thursday 19^th terribly hot- played football
met Rod Ross of Victoria also all the
Collie Boys of 4^th M.Gs. gave them
all some tobacco papers & some