Thursday 3rd January 1918

Front line trenches on the Montello

Cpl. George Arthur Chitticks (see 20^th September 1917) was admitted via 70^th Field Ambulance to 39^th Casualty Clearing Station, suffering from influenza; five days later he would be transferred onboard no.41 Ambulance Train to hospital (details unknown).

Pte. Matthew Woodward (see 8^th September 1917), serving with 517^th (Home Service) Labour Company, Labour Corps, was transferred to the Non-Combatant Labour Corps.

A medical examination of Fred Tate (see 29^th January 1917), who had been an original member of ‘A’ Company but had been discharged on grounds of ill health whilst the Company was in training, found that “he has acute phtisis (TB) in both lungs, is losing weight and generally getting worse; uncertain if permanent; re-examine in six months”. There was also confirmation of the earlier medical opinion that Tate’s illness “cannot be regarded as due to or aggravated by military service”.