March
Monday 2nd
My fifteenth birthday. I didn’t expect anything, but I got a packet of pounds of food—cake, biscuits, sweets and cheese (S. Africa) and also £1—which was very naughty of Mommy. In the evening I got a wire from Margaret—’nearly forgot, parcel follows’. … zfd zcl zfl
There was a film show by Rev. Finnis in the evening—3 films; (1) quite good propaganda film about Seamen’s rest homes, (2) good torpedoing and then U-boat sinking, (3) Popeye. zfm zpg
I have lived 131,504 hours—not much. zgk
Thursday 5th
Boring MT. I will give it up. zcf
House game in the afternoon. I’ve been chucked out of the Junior House team—so I’m not so keen and enjoy it less. … zsp
News—Java being overrun, Russia doing well. zlb zru zwg
Friday 6th
Aircraft recognition in JTC by G—quite interesting. … zct zpp
Lecture on India by Mr. Shoran Singha in the evening—v. good. Quite hopeful, and Red when referring to vested interests and the Princes. As a reason for lack of assistance of native population in the Far East he gave this example: outside a British club in Singapore was the notice ‘No dogs or Chinese here’. Ugh!!! British officers in the Indian Army are still instructed in ways of keeping up prestige. … zlu zra zpn
Saturday 7th
… House film in the evening—’Downhill’—all about sinking of public school boy after he had been expelled for immoralities of his friend—the 5th reel of the film was accidentally left out, which wasn’t an improvement on an anyhow rather poor film. zfm
