Diaries of Signalman W H L Woodgate spanning November 1941 to October 1945 - Part 13










[*M 25
O 10
N 43*]
This day will live long in the
memory of these lads. We get a rest
& 4½ packets cigarettes. We carried a
lot of food from [[?]] yesterday
& sort of expected at present in
that line. Big doings today they held
the joining of the line ceremony. We have
heard no more of our move from [[?]] &
all are impatient & anxious to get away
[[?]] 4 R. to Bush on his 17th. [[Yes?]] to the [[?]]
has come to Tarcano [[?]] to [[?]] base
1300$ worth of [[?]]
rather decent & [[?]] we [[?]] goods
go. We are back on [[dish?]] [[?]] again
& POW 610 [[?]]
[* S 31
U 10
N 43 *]
A red letter day for the [[P.O.Ws?]]
here we lose [[?]] and
are supposed to be finished all
work and rest for 6 days, then [[?]] to
a camp higher up. We have less
carrying to [[?]] for [[?]]
the week & all [[?]] is out of here
[[Paul?]] had last Sunday off [[?]]
feel pretty rotten. We had a [[?]]
of [[?]] today 15 pkts
Then [[?]] 5 spoons marg
We get the greater Asia paper from up
higher & keep up with news a bit. Yasta is away
on another buying trip & may return
[[?]] & must record the bit of a [[difference?]]
with Lieut Blundell re the weight for the
rails [[?]] our yard & [[?]] P.O.W Day 616 [[&?]] 88th [[?]]
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[* F 5
R 11
I 43*]
The weeks [[?]] Tom [[?]]
[[slipped?]] thro the fence by an elephant.
② The singing parade [[?]] on yesterday
Wednesday 50 of the existing [[?]]
to [[cross?]] and stack the gear and carried
down. They returned today. [[?]]
we learnt [[?]] as terrible to
going up with the rest of the force
& then to Changi? we have [[20?]] cases
26 tcher cases. Have ahd some good
dinner meals lately on the the tins of meat.
& fresh. Rose from Albury died last night
All gear packed & ready for tomorrows march
& so closes the last day here at POW 621
Cholera injection yesterday.
[*173*]
[* T
H 11
U 11
R 43*]
We left [[?]] on Sat 6th and
[[104?]] of us carried 26 stretcher cases 12 miles
to [[?]] what a hell trip. the first
day I work in the supply store 42 of
us are here & we have at last
checked [[?]] the food is
really wonderful &we have
swell [[?]] for morning &
afternoon tea. Friday I rode
a raft of bamboo two miles down
the river. Wednesday I went
fishing. One bomb & we had
about 1000 fish [[⅛?]] to [[11?]] lb weight
bought bananas & various [[?]]
[[cabbages?]] & rice [[?]] village
today we carried one load [[?]]
[[?]] & cleared a little patch
[[ of jungle?]] in [[?]] we are hardly able to
realise we are [[?]] P.O.W here last
nights tea was fish each fish
[[?]] [[steaming?] banana & rice & the
fried fish for supper. My [[?]]
might a weekend is [[?]] ???
the [[?]] in our [[?
& P.O.W. day 627 closes 89-weeks
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[* S 14
U 11
N 43 *]
The p.m off acct little toe out. We are
moving back the first train load have
been [[selected?]] and go on 17th I am in a
later party. This is a good job here
[[?] along & building huts here
& there & working in there [[soil?]] Hear
that Bill Bryce had died [["9"?]] force death
toll now 2.300. Our food is still good &
whould be better tomorrow [[?]] - new
cooks go in & so POW 630 90 weeks
[* F 26
S 27
S 03 *]
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[* F 26
R 11
I 43 *]
We are on our way back in a
truck on the line we helped to build
and the journey is very slow
we slept our last night & deptd
at 9 am today we are at [[?]]
in the [[?]] 47/[[kiLOS?]] ? base ? 4 POW-642
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[* S 27
A 11
T 43*]
We are at [[?]] and are
full of bananas. paw paws boong
bood etc & we get a meal it
is a nice night &we sleep out again
We took 36 hrs to do the trip without
accidents & POW 643
[*174*]
[* S 28
U 11
N 43
[[?]] on the woodheap all today
[[?]] made $[[?]] and eating well & am
[[?]] Food is good & plentiful
[[?]] a swim
take the worst job as [[their informant?]]
& POW [[?]] 2 miles [[?]] [[Levinsher?]]
[[$1.50?]]
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[* M 29
O 11
N 43*]
The first 1000 have been selected
for [[Malaya?]] % I've got [[?]]
to go on 2nd very quiet & [[?]]
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[* M 6
O 12
N 43*]
The week has gone very fast &
I was on & off the [[?]] [[craft?]]
[[?]] eating very
well, fish, eggs & fruit and [[inst?]] coffee
[[?]] than ever. I'm now in Changi
[[?]]. The only trouble is a [[?]]
[[?]]. Every day very [[acceptable?]]
There's a real "laddies" market on the
beach of the river and a [[?]]
of buying & selling goes on most of the
chaps have plenty of cash, gold
& English notes are high [[?]] of
rice. & [[?]] 642
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[* T 9
H 12
U 43
R*]
Another [[?]] Malaya [[?]]
once. [[?]] very pleasing shout
"Coffee up" is the call [[?]] the camp.
All [[?]] falls into the [[?]]
at 3 am. Fever on againg 102.4 temp
But a dinner with [[?]] f
ard
1stH
with ttspity
b sb arb
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of t Jouehave mover tath ang sime
our shaps faxe sone with thems ands
on the lase a sasag a kill what he
i so with sal enciscshed you had
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off again with malaria and so bann
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of thas ons we havea bad has
of rooks and enrks like stripein tha& line
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may a a good dinnertion as lease lighat
sut go a 2359 & it locks wre a linely nigh
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& by the powses ther ei
lire
slingner than i any brong nut qnave ever
been Homawahgh at 10
had horhessleep for the wght the and togeilles
puransewe
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the sest impera tesee
to lt o theshaps feel for he for
sturmics to bea rather a realyrant onf
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Good TEA & poxhee PARow 17
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of hey awhere is meetions. a ndi
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adcistood& dathing ship in just
in time for the men who admitnly
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the end of another year and we
auot so
so be any clsser i
srefinest 1943 has been a gad yeon
for mase of usrets hope
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sin
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and muss six in to rebuen it
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