Eighty years ago today Friday 18 April 1941

Another fitting of uniform; too tight still. Spent most of the day at FC crawling around in burning sand alive with insects of all descriptions. Played against 2 Company and won 1-0. Afterwards had to rush to Night Operations which were quite interesting out on the Plain, except for the mosquitoes. A long day from 5:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. without a real break.

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