Diaries and documents of John Dominic Palandri - Part 10

June 20
One anaesthetic, nothing else doing all day.
Bridge at night, usual four in our team
June
21
Late Mass, played bridge with Wiltshire, Lanchon,
& Elbaz, then French officers returned from walk with
story that Tobruck & Bardia had fallen - not so
good. Makes one wonder.
Bridge at night, usual four.
Longest day of year, to-night Germany & Russia
have been at war for one year. 

June
22
An anaesthetic, a quick look at my patients
then was reading the [["Camp"?]] in the Quad when the
Obermazt drove in.  He looked at me hard, and I
just touched my heels together, so later he complained
to [[?]] that I was obviously trying to annoy him etc.
etc.  Tried to see Chefarzt later, but missed him.
Nothing to report

6.

June
23
Confession, Mass & Communion, No anaesthetics, saw
Neale NZMO who was in about skin infection on hands
Later talked to Chefarzt about his colleague and he was
very reasonable. He explained that, though Convention
asked no prisoner officer to salute officers of holding.
power below his rank, officers in hospital on duty
[ie. , Germans) were senior to prisoner officers, & .^.. entitled
to a salute.  This, of course, I admitted to be quite
correct, and he was equally courteous in admitting
my point when I claimed the right to expect courtesy
from those German officers with whom I came into
contact. The Obermazt  is the only one here who has
failed in this respect - the others are most correct.
Hints to-day of extent of preparations in England
and of magnitude of raids on Cologne & other German
Towns. Also reports of numbers of Germans & Italians
in Libyia - about 500,000 – There?
Titoff began a portrait of me in watercolours.  This
as a result of my asking him to do a watercolour of
Glad from her photos - declined on the score that it is
most difficult to do colours from an orignal in black
a white.
Letters to Glad, family, Zie Celestina & Lucia, cards to
Ines & Boxshalls. 

2
June
24
Grand day to day, one anaisthetic, then the drought
broke with two letters from Glad, of 13 March & 2 April,
the latter with a small studio photo of herself and David.
It's fine, they both look marvellous - Glad younger &a more
beautiful than ever with a brushed-up hair that suits
her down to the ground, and David looking the picture
of health, blond, curly, chubby, & laughing.  I'll bet he's
an imp! Reg W. and Frank W. are both home, Julie
in 7th heaven.  Nell, poor little devil, was them still in
hospital with a long uphill road ahead of her, though no
mention of the nature of the illness. Lots of Bob Platt's
pals about the place, and Jack [[Throssell?]], Claude Anderson,
Adrian Farmer, Bruce Hunt, & Bertie Naim presumably in
the bag up north.  Ginger, Ian and red-headed yourself.
David in the pink, and Glad, Jean Cowden & Eileen & Younan
taking the kids so Kalamunda for the Easter week-end.
Poker on the up & up.
Yesterday Mile, our orderly, was announced for [["xg"?]]
on 3 July, and our efforts to retain him to-day were
without luck.
Ines still at [[Woodes?]] & popular.

 June
25
An andusthake So day which mleh intinanys
dear Musure & whreth bke overas
ten
and continued no until after midday
Johing Ane to report except a third sithing to ilef
this moning knnre brought me in a snall
stand, dumun Pbase And Auble glass hame in
which I mounted he plsts of Rad Pand David. It
looks absolutely grand, and the hardly ben able to
take my cees told it. Wonder what happhnd to Hill.
 

June
26
Woke nt fuling Cardy, with a soe thusat, gair bur
dopes, fund Bd had ad timep of 100.00 so went to And on a
coune of hranonl a slept prathicaly all day
 

June
21
frow ord cartiley is powhl - diauliee, orange nne,
head lile a buzz saw and fuling like dumD. same.
Oo(upduring hs Aftenson as wy tup was mut Indumal
a oe thoset Des gone and I was sike of bid amywng.
about he only hd that chuned me np was the night of
slad's pholesp. I went of Crowtond as I was.
Hilopitg a delmss ornge colour myself.
gave tloff and her siting this wening.
Offie new that about 100 sick Russians are to be brought
here in the near future. Bg shap on this Station, which
is to tale about 4 ros Chlud reamanged in all
denctions.
 

June
28
Comcmunion at iarly Mars him a later Hars. Per
of day parsed imevonfblly Still biling awful
Wiik thead and mitkenson. On o Rads madei
a some for sang inen fo sane on te wan o
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June
2
29
slest loke logs this morning and
ao ganais tuis risher b

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fersn
fallenn
Ls Rpri
ones of Kenifes preparatin in Eala
hopes ae beginning I noe for a landing this year.
Cstull Illegt to have worden that, this is
Gunanys his effort hat the next Your months will be
Itinal Dad Dat, if we can hold them especially in
ng. A
Ezypt. hings will have parsed the
it and sw, and ininduntally, can.
We can on
alps fuling s a li
 

June
30
Partically B.F. A. Co do all day, and fast is that I
apent all aftemon in san, reading a sluping. Still mferny
after efect B son. duset a prontonde.
Wrote a letter home to prsents to day, and cards to
Mis, Boxshalls, Did, a Ron. W.
hest noting to tel of this wening
Attark of wiles contining in aggaivath form.
Dan to
 

Ju4
Ho work in a look knough the wards finished it
ofo argn of new Gurriam parttents
stew for to day o that gines are scooking towads
Alexanddin, while Brotish ane Owripping 2d 21th Ainns
in from Syna a Salistine, Question is – Who wins?
Rommel's tied Groops with yew muber to excellent onns, or
Bint, onfeinor in munderd but much moe porly
yquiffed
nenk Cold in at 1.35 to night that Iitasofa has
A.
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Bidar his suming Ballata and d against
s Tumbed. Had whim for a change
 

Juty
shot of Happin about to daw again with peparations
bor Burnidue Bit 100 and thuch tlo thare
Deen translured from their a narterr to a miall now each
in and y and Wlhire brnced in with us,
most of Ntation s Opationts have come Cup here and
Russings are all to go in to Station to be lacked
ter by Sabsan And Gennan Sanitateos, on deent.
rations, (o, so rumber hasn. Rather a change for him
to get this port of Ereetment- rither Gunans whie lost a
lo. pisons or t expecting something
l
dus paved tples again from being shdikied.
[ef handed me the rmished pudes to day. I l
it: the lest I could do was to sir lin 53 Cld they
wish It could have been pomnthing decent.
 

Jul
Jo ops. again. Weather wann again though a little
overast. irited this morning Oby Iwiss Red &
Commission, one Adwly minber Who had been nee belon
and a oung doe s whom tony pointed out
madequalis a accommodation for Insdical persouncl
and a ren sh things. Cheexplained that
it was only temporany land du wh innding amoul
gss t not his foul ama
Aan ie Robet and D baked hus
at Fueglaie a little behels plowgite a regues
lates which we were not pemintell to enter Gather
intrening to notice loh pikes changing in to Watin
lors. Dow Cs on anothr sernedo
Dy an odd
tubles or a Cre Cnk in no one takes any Mnotine and
is all done quite skilfully, any
w
dian enough I supps bht.
Ae Bhalles op 6o a
distance of Wo0ys from the sror, and full I
fore seating grete weed? fo very atractive wts losk.
Read in an ocmpred - Frunk papser this evening
tat English Ret ly Plex on 29 Inde and parsed
through Ther conal.? All pats of reports of parm
in official a Onnafficial cirles in PnShand aV.S. A.
 

July
Checked most of my tbs. this morning, guite ho
and finme all day gt most I attemon m court
in pair of Vs. and di euening shad fagnain
Ceon, and Cannegnin to dimerd. Hiles & Walmas
did us quite will Danin.
Ffor Vembannssi for me ts invite various trench
o/.Do. 1 to due withut) Hecomers and all and always
have to neglect old Youl. He is a bit of a wisp, but
I think hea prematurly sinile, ninely, and mos
than a bit potty, and Im my spillon, i would
have been an act of chanty on ofer part to oowlod
his eccentine and wh impleasent behabiour and to
have had lime up. [Zather) late now though, even)
we were all agrued on the point. Pannequill comes
from the same prt of France as he, and as he spends
lot of tume the hind company was begrning ta le
regarded wihh some dispponol by so Oamongs us.
Hondor, Callot says his a fine chap, and we ad han
him up, as as what
 

July
Had a B injection
reparation, late ofas, and
the day.
at pr duisus
Limhead D Ballaton
 

July
6
has night was the second hot night in a
quite minge

One aoemdte his morning. The mjection I
yesterlay had a little local effect anth, as or genemal
fet, Ensed my cma to llave np - sm epent
wio Wlin alin
the long-awaite Arsians anived $5. day
about 100 tthem gunerally faily will moninghe
but stated to be supfling rdeng of them your seur
eos that Gennans are halled and pished black a
Sit, and being counter attacked 100 kn, west of tlex.
reman advance in Sont Russia, and a Kuisfan one
er o pron firt independ Tank lombring attack
over Hllknd and aad announcimerson
for continutal landing. Statement that Peaife is under
Antrl.
ms
whode a lette to Glad, and ands to pannt in ue
Condiuns, and one to the kids
 

Ju1y
to ancisthatie, noting to repart. Asked at office
for loam of mapof England in Cash
He pan dabil had wark Chesang. is is asking
 

July
8
1/o anaes huties,
Ie loan If map I) Incland, Stalag says Ho.?
ut think iIt wold bo roe me in an ating
at inek
Der Ho Aprisa much better, and T.A.F. sas o
be doing nem swell over Notum Frue & H.W. Genniay
and it appeals that we have control of he saciptso
 

JuW
9
to anaisthetics. Had a note this morning from
Eis Catolia Hission in Aid O . Owd. forwathing a
measage from Lia Clestiia A Ildate-
lard mpole, non ho aunts notine the dall Aprill.
ipese Cants a cose la ta Janishlia. For bene
fied a Bombay. Albracci. Tha Eelestina.
iew
o dated 15.6.42, address.
firsion catholisue prisse en faveur dis prisoaers
de Gun, 1300R (3E)
to fice is in the bag too! Well, will well! Quite a
family halit? I ws womed about him, but at
tat his rape. Huds only Dik a Tom Calandon now
and Gincoms from he O.S.B. and the picture will be
complitte
Reterington, begn a Jegon n isleire to fomindater
in early a.m.
toke io Allank, Max of, & trank ly.