Diaries of Thomas Currie Derrick, 1942 - Part 1

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1 JAN 42 - 3 DEC 42
PART July missing (see #38)
All August missing

SX 14488 A.R. GAGE

H.Q. Coy WAYVILLE
Mr. Coffee Grunsberg
c/o Marvitz
(Or Kit Kat Cafe)
39 Hasharon St
Batt Galim
Haifa
Mr COFFEE GRUNSBERG
c/o MARVITZ
(OR KIT KAT CAFE)
39 HASHARON ST
BATT GALIM
HAIFA 

2 26650 PTE H.C. JONES
D.O.M.F. BANKA BANKA 
VIA TENNANT CREEK

J.J. BRADLEY 4743415
THE YORK & LANCASTER
RGT ROYAL ARTILLERY
M E F 

GNR C SNOW 1577950
206 COAST BATTERY
R. ARTILLERY M E F

2/10 01269

CPL IAN SCHARZ
11 CZECHOSLOVAK INF AN
M.E.F

WX 4210 B W MOLONEY
2/26 BN
SX 929 W. Mc [[?]]
[[???]] 2/10^th

157795 GNR. C. SNOW
432 COAST BATT
17^TH COAST REGT
R.A. - M.E.F

1 January 1942
THURSDAY

ANOTHER STARTS AND I
WONDER WHAT IT BRINGS
& WHERE I SHALL BE AT
ITS END. - AT PRESENT
WITH AN OUNCE OF LUCK
IT WILL PROBABLY BE IN
ADELAIDE.
HAD A GOOD TIME LAST
NIGHT WITH LIEUTS MORPHETT,
KING AND 8 PLATOON,
WAS A SORRY SIGHT THROUGHOUT
TODAY AND SPENT
MOST OF IT IN BED

3 January 1942
SATURDAY
MY JOURNEY SO FAR
WOODSIDE    17.11. 40
PERTH            20.11. 40
COLOMBO       6. 12. 40
KANTARA       16. 12. 40
DIMRA            17. 12. 40
KANTARA         14. 3. 41
MERSA MATRUH   16. 3. 41
DERNA SINI DARRANT   17. 3. 41
SOLLUM     }
BARDIA      }     18. 3. 41
TOBRUK     }
GAZALA      }
DERNA              19. 3. 41
TOBRUK              7. 4. 41

4 January 1942
SUNDAY
ALEXANDRIA     23. 10. 41
AMYREA               "    "    "
KANTARA           24 - 10 - 41
BIET JERJA        24 - 10 - 41
JULIUS                25 - 10 - 41
HAIFA                   19 - 1 - 42
BEIRUT                19 - 1 - 42
TRIPOLI               19 - 1 - 42
HOMS                   26 - 6 - 42
BALDECK             26 - 6 - 42
TIBERIUS             27 - 6 - 42
HAIFA                   27 - 6 - 42
ISMALIA
CAIRO
ALEXANDRIA

5 January 1942
MONDAY
TEL EL IZA
EL ALAMEIN
BIET JIRJA PALESTINE
EL SHAT
SUEZ
FREMANTLE      18. 2. 43
MELBOURNE
ADELAIDE        26. 12. 43
MELBOURNE
SYDNEY
BRISBANE
CAIRNS
KURI                 8 - 4 - 43
CAIRNS
MILNE BAY NG    4. 8. 43 

6 January 1942
TUESDAY
LAE 16 9 - 43
FINSCHAVEN
SATELBERG

SIO

FINSCHAFEN

BUNA
MILNE BAY
TOWNSVILLE
BRISBANE

7 January 1942
WEDNESDAY
OFF TO TEL AVIV FOR
LEAVE UNTIL 1700 HRS.
BLUE SLATER & LEO JAMES
BEING MY HANDICAP.—
MET TONY DAVIS 2/10^TH
AT 0900. —
HAD SEVERAL BEERS,
BOUGHT PRESENTS FOR
BERYL, THEN DECIDED
TO STAY A LITTLE LATER
— HAD A GLORIOUS TIME
AND ARRIVED BACK ABOUT
0230 

8 January 1942
THURSDAY
A SLIGHT HANGOVER, BUT
HAVE HAD THEM WORSE
ALL OK ABOUT YESTERDAYS
ADDITIONAL
LEAVE

LETTERS RECIEVED

9 January 1942

FRIDAY
23 - JUNE    BERYL
25 JUNE    EVIE JOHNSON

LETTERS SENT
13 January 1942

TUESDAY 

24 JUNE TO BERYL

17 January 1942
SATURDAY
BEEN EXPECTING TO
MOVE ANY DAY, AND
HAVE FOUND OUT IT IS
SUNDAY NIGHT AND
BOUND FOR SYRIA —
STARTING TO GO PLACES
AGAIN.
9^TH DIV RELEAVING 6^TH & 7^TH
SO WE ARE TOLD