A very good night on guard.
Cold wind but dry. T.A.C. from 8 – 10pm could not speak much English & was inclined to
be lazy. I slept from 10pm – 2am then went on guard from 2am to 4am with a new T.A.C. This one was
very cheerful and wide awake & spoke very good English. He was a Moslem and told me of his religion. I told him of English ways of farming. This last guard soon went by. Came off at 6 o’clock .
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| Mugshots of Menachem Begin, arrested 1940 Commander of the Irgun from 1943 - 1948 source: wikipedia.org |
No P.T. Inspected on Parade by B.I. Trehern - not too good a turn
out. Blanchard displeased, so stiff
Drill. Fine all day. Heard that N.M.O.[1] has declared they will kill
any policeman they find, where the chances of their being caught are few. Not a new threat however. C.I.D. Bulletin report Arab castrated after
acquittal on charge of raping Jewish Girl.
Jews in trucks. [ - Can't say I really understand this remark!] Wrote home (3).
[1] The NMO, or "National Military Organisation in the Land of Israel" was also known as The Irgun. This was regarded as a terrorist organisation with the Zionist goal of creating an Israeli state - it's logo; a fist gripping a rifle, with the legend 'Only Thus'. The Irgun Commander in Chief at this time was Menachem Begin - later to become 6th Prime Minister of Israel
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