Sunday 14th July 1918

Support positions near Cesuna.

Cpl. Abel Roberts (see 23^rd March), L.Cpl. William (Billy) Hoyle MM (see 18^th April), and Ptes. Joseph Hadley (see 11^th June), William Hutchinson (see 10^th June), John William Pennells (see 27^th March), James Percival (see 21^st January), William Smart (see 20^th June) and Frederick George Westlake (see 26^th April) and Drummer John Walton (see 4^th April) departed on two weeks’ leave to England.

L.Cpl. Frank Revell (see 23^rd May) was reprimanded for having been “absent until apprehended about 9.35pm by the Military Police”; he was, at the time, at the Base Depot at Arquata Scrivia, having reported sick in May and spending some time in hospital in Genoa.

Lt. Charles Frederick Wolfe (see 18^th May), former Transport Officer to 10DWR, now serving with the ASC, was appointed as “conducting officer for transport of ten battalions of 16^th Division; to return to Park Royal after handing over transport in France”.

Cpl. Thomas Angus McAndrew (see 31^st October 1917), formerly of 10DWR but now serving with the Chinese Labour Corps, was transferred to 770^th Area Labour Company of the Labour Corps.

Pte. Ernest Frederick Authers (see 1^st October 1917), who had been in England since having suffered wounds to his right knee and foot on 20^th September 1917, was posted to 3DWR at North Shields. He was immediately reported “absent off sick leave from tattoo until reporting himself to the NCO in charge of the HQ Guard at 9.30pm” the following day; he would be ordered to be confined to barracks for five days and to forfeit one day’s pay.