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Work as PoW

Where the writing is not clear the word is shown in gold

Feb 42

Small Units Cook House in what is now BathHouse.  5 Stoves to new design with Circular Draught First Job in Camp.

March 42

Build Kitchen for Officers in Jubilee 3 stoves & Friers c iron around the Building, doors & Generally making place liveable   .

April 42

Papoloff C/House in Jubilee flat cement stone etc.

April 42

RAMC Company C/House 2 stoves & Friers Biff Nable.

May – July 42

RAMC. Hospital C/House. 3 Stoves, Water Heater, frier Wok and larger boiler for Veg Cooking this took on & off quite a time as materials were scarce & we were on our own

Nov 42

Hosp move to Jubilee 4 woks Repairs to stoves etc  

Dec 42

Hospital North Area shins only 3 stoves  

Jan - Feb 43

Imperial C/House to be made by extending the old Volunteer C/House 6 stoves 2 Boilers special frier  

Feb 43

Start on C/House now Tin Dump stopped by Draft  

Feb 43

Repairs to Ration stores door sink etc.  

Feb 44

Windows in Maintenance Hut  

Feb 43

Imperial Kitchen complete on to mess on South side no other C/Houses just Hospital

19-2-43. urgent work till 6PM.

Pig and Poultry Farm sties runs and perches building with all windows shuttered  

8-3-43

Duck Farm and Pond overflow & Inlet  

13-4-43

Windows in Huts for cripples from Bowen Road  

April 43

Disinfection for clothes and Patients Kit   .

12-5-43

Colonels. Ganrden and wall Bricklaying  

June 43

Ornamental Gold Fish Pond for Colonel 

8-6-43

Turf for Colonels Gaarden Trip out to House on Hill.

July 43

Operating Theatre special Windows etc   .

26-July 43

Operating Theatre lamp shadowless  

26 July 43

Ramp for curb leading to sheboo for car to run up  

27 Aug 43

Hospital C/House Repairs & reconstruction of all …….. and Imir, Repairs to roof. Mess in Hosp C/House  

23-Sept 43

Repairs to Bakery ovens floor Hot job  

6-Oct 43

Hosp Kitchen Boilers Repairs clean flues 

16-Oct 43

Rig us sports Field for Japanese shelters etc  

22-Oct 43

Duck Farm.  Shelter separation Runs etc  

3-Nov 43

12 Pig sties with 9” wall   .

16-Nov 43

Bath water heater for CC at his house outside

8-Dec 43

Prepare 8 huts with doors shelters lights for Draft

17-Dec 43

Build Bath Room on Verandah of C C  House outside

1-4-44 – 2-3-44  

Make steam Baker for Bakery as no flour an Rice flour crumbles when baked  

17-4-44

Head Quarter wa.. Air Raid Shelter outside 

21-4-44 – 1-5-44

Officers C/House F Lines.  6 cookers.  Veg room Repairs to Roof and Doors & windows on F Lines Huts

24-4-44

Start work Jubilee Cook House for Japanese which comprised months of work.  Cement being supplied for 6 cookers.  Then a small range for the officers.

20-5-44

Draining Jubilee Area by Pipelinesand cutting through the sea wall.  This was done twice to obtain satisfaction

6-7-44

Cutting through sea wall to greater depth

20-7-44

Cutting runways each side of cook House

30-7-44  

Repairs to Top floor Flat Jubilee Roof

14-8-44

4 cookers for special camp at Ma Ta Chong

28-8-44

Burma Road & work on Jubilee again

29-8-44

Build Chicken and Duck farm Complete with Pond

20-9-44

Build pig farm 4 sties

27-10-44

Build Rabbitery in Jubilee north with Bill only

2-11-44

Repairs to Cookers and Roof of Imperial C/House

5-11-44

Make bed for Bowen Road patient coming in

8-11-44

While at Jubilee we had also Built Complete Bath House on the style of the Red Cross one in the line.  2 Bath large and 8 ….with separate furnaces this would be about . July and August 1944 all that time was spent at Jubilee.  Once we had to go back & make the Bath House Draught Proof

22-4-44 

More beds for more Bowen Road people

12-12-44

Making windows to put in lines & about time

6-1-45 onwards

Build extension on to Japanese Ring hall and Roof it over with Floor Boarding.

30-1-45

Making windows at odd times for the lines.

20-2-45

New Cloth Frames to cover Bread White Bakery

1-1-45

The flues in Bakery oven h….. Blocked and Bill & I spent New Years Day repairing Filthy Job

Feb 45

ReDressing top of large WOK cooker in No1 C/House

23-2-45  

Building Air Raid shelters at H. Quarters

24-2-45

Make windows for huts.  Stone for small fire in Bunk.  Tables and stools for Camp Commandant.

1-4-45

Air Raid shelter still in progress at H.Q.  I am not on the shelter job to date.

5-4-45

Making one hut of old new & Cripples Home by knocking down the dividing walls 18 in all 

5 to 12-4-45

Dividing Gaol in two building wall & door. Shelf for Capt Crew

12-4-45

Imperial Cook House outside Cookers & wall for Hosp to move in  

18 to 27-4-45

New dysentery ward partition and awning14/4/45Air RaidShelter for C/C outside sherboo

28 to 30-4-45

New Guard Room officers Camp Verandah. Etc.

1-5-45 

Black out Curtains 3 windows for C C

3 to 4-5-45

Brick up Rear Entrances of North Jubilee

5-5-45

2. air Raid Shelters Jubilee Lance pattern

1-6-45 

Rabbit Hutches – Pig Trough and make chicken farm cat proof this combined with shelter approx 1 week for shelters 16 men.

2 to 10-6-45

Build Tower for Sentry

10 to 14-6-45

Wine Officers Camp.

18.6.45  

Working Parties 12 a day 2 on 1 off days

23-6-45   

Pilly bacon hut at Ma Ta Chong all maintenance

1-7-45

Back on lower. At South end of Camp. Working Party 3 each day

14-7-45

Build Tower. at Pier no more working parties

18-7-45

Pull down Pier

21-7-45 

Bricking up flats in Jubilee start  

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