October 1943

2nd October

Early this month 95 of the hundred men who started work at the cement camp in June moved over to a new campThis was the Asano Works at Kamiiso, where the 100 men had started work in June 1943, travelling there each day by ferry. built near the factory. R.S.M. Bancroft and Mr Sterling went over in charge. This leaves the officers' mess with only four.

26th October

Six new arrivals include I.W.O. [Information Warfare Officer?] arrive from an up country camp belonging to this area. The strength of the officers' mess goes up to five. Bert Atkinson and myself are still working alternate days in camp. Stoves have been erected in the camps and are lit on very cold nights or when there has been a heavy rainfall during the day, to enable the drying off of clothes. Snow has already fallen but has not yet settled, there being too much rain.

This is the first month since we left Java that there has been no deaths. A good record.