Thursday 7th March 1918

Billets at Biadene.

Ptes. Fred Clayton (see 9^th February), Charles Henry Russell (see 29^th October 1917), Frederick George Westlake (see 5^th January) and Arthur Thomas Wilford (see 16^th December 1917) were reported by Sgts. Ellis Rigby (see 10^th November 1917), Joseph Maddison MM (see 9^th February) and Joseph Bell (see 8^th February), respectively, as having been, “dirty on 7.45am parade”; on the orders of Capt. Dick Bolton MC (see 25^th February) they would be confined to barracks for seven days.

Pte. Daniel Mackenzie (see 4^th November) was reported by Sgt. James Robinson (see 29th July 1916) for having a “dirty rifle on 8.30am parade” on the orders of 2Lt. William Johnson Simpson (see 21^st January) he was to be confined to barracks for four days.

After two weeks treatment for diarrhoea, Ptes. Thomas Henry Fearn (see 23^rd February) was transferred from 70^th Field Ambulance to 11^th General Hospital in Genoa.

Pte. Joseph McDermott (see 14^th February) was transferred from 23^rd Division Rest Station, via 24^th Casualty Clearing Station, to 11^th General Hospital in Genoa; he was suffering from ‘ICT’ (inflammation of connective tissue) in his right leg.

Pte. James Arthur Heap (see 4^th November 1917),  serving in France with 63^rd Labour Company, Labour Corps, was admitted to hospital suffering from diarrhoea.

Lt. John Charles Brison Redfearn (see 10^th January) wrote, from the Officers Command Depot, South Camp, Ripon, to the War Office requesting a reassessment of his case,

“I have the honour to request that you will grant me, at the earliest opportunity, a Special Medical Board on my case. I have been sent here from Pinewood Sanatorium, Wokingham, Berks. recently although not recovered from pulmonary tuberculosis, and since my arrival I have not felt at all well. I must apologise for writing direct, rather than through the command depot authorities, but I desire to have an independent examination of my case and I regret to say that I somehow feel that the Medical Staff have not taken a fair view of my case. At my last Board I strongly urged that I might be kept in the South of England somewhere; this place depresses me very greatly and I am unable to make any progress in these climatic conditions. May I beg that this Board be granted me as soon as possible.”

The War Office replied simply that he must pursue his appeal through the proper channels.

A payment of £6 12s. 6d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Cpl. Joseph Smith (12748) MM (see 17^th December 1917), who had been killed in action on 18^th October 1917; the payment would go to his father, Thomas.