October 1
Have big sore on my wrist and another on my right leg, paid ten shillings today
October 2
Hospital
October 3
Hospital
October 4
Was outside today and walked too much and started my wound bleeding so have to go back to bed for a while
October 5
Hospital
October 6
Hospital
October 7
Hospital
October 8
Hospital
October 9
Canadians capture Cambrai
October 10
Out today and walked through the cathedral, shown about by a guide who explained things, wonderful church, leave tomorrow for Epson hospital
October 11
Took bus to the train in morning, changed trains at London and got to Epson in afternoon, this is a big convalescent camp for Canadians, sleep in beds in big huts, have to walk about quite a bit for meals, dressing station, washrooms, etc.
October 12
Met quite a few boys I know who were wounded, pouring rain all night, Germans sink Irish mail boat, more victories for Allies
October 13
Dressing parade in morning but I have to have mine done twice a day
October 14
Epson Camp, leg very sore
October 15
Epson Camp, received Canadian mail in reply to letters written in Canterbury
October 16
Epson, played cards and wrote letters
October 17
Met Roy Bratt, he is a Sergeant Major now, to movie show in camp with him tonight
October 18
Leg very sore today, to concert across from hut tonight, received letter from Will and another from Father's cousin
October 19
To cinema in evening with Roy Bratt, British capture Ostend and Bruges today besides relieving Lille yesterday
October 20
To matinee in cinema today which is about fifty yards from my hut, play was the "Daughter of the Gods", to church service in YMCA in evening with Roy Bratt, pouring rain all day, British capture Zeebuge
October 21
Received some Canadian mail, to theatre in evening
October 22
A.M. put on a massage treatment from now on, they give me electric treatment for my wound to try to quicken the healing and stop the running of it all the time
October 23
Gave me dressing of peroxide twice today besides the treatment and my leg is very sore tonight, to concert in evening which was very poor, more mail, one letter from Mrs. Howell thanking me very much for information about Walter's death, had razor honed by an Englishman who nearly spoilt it
October 24
Electric treatment today, received pictures from photographer, movies in evening
October 25
Received quite a lot of mail today, clear weather
October 26
Bath today, treatment, etc., played cards nearly all afternoon
October 27
Clear today, wrote quite a number of letters, over to a lecture in cinema in afternoon, it was "Thrilling Scenes in Parliament" and was very poor, church service in YMCA tonight
October 28
My wound pretty much the same as when I first came here, clear weather, foliage of trees very pretty now
October 29
Dressing of red lotion for my wound today which is supposed to make a wound heal up quickly
October 30
Medical inspection today, all men who were sent out of camp today to go on sick furlough for ten days were recalled and are to be sent to Ryhll in Wales tomorrow because of the influenza, Roy Bratt was one of them, he had a bullet through the wrist, over 1000 deaths in a week from influenza
October 31
My wound beginning to show signs of healing but still very sore, the influenza disease is in the camp, Halloween night tonight
