Tuesday 6th August 1918

Billets at Cereda and Grumo.

The Battalion was engaged in training and on the rifle range.

Sgt. William Walker Rossall MM (see 24^th April) was reprimanded for ‘neglect of duty’ (details unknown).

Pte. William Henry Luke (see 30^th May) was appointed Lance Corporal. Ptes. Robert William Gough (see 13^th July) and Harry Seward (see 29^th October 1917) were also appointed Lance Corporal, although for both the appointment would be, in the first instance, unpaid.

Sgt. John William Wardman DCM, MM (see 4^th August) was admitted via 71^st Field Ambulance and 9^th Casualty Clearing Station to 62^nd General Hospital at Bordighera, near Ventimiglia; he was suffering from “P.U.O” (pyrexia, or high temperature, of unknown origin).

Pte. John Richard Newell (see 15^th June) was admitted via 21^st Field Ambulance to 39^th Casualty Clearing Station, suffering from influenza.

Pte. Albert Edward White (see 17^th July), who had been wounded on 15^th June, was discharged from 16^th Convalescent Depot in Marseilles and posted to the Base Depot at Arquata Scrivia.

Pte. John Henshall (see 6^th June 1917), serving in India with 1DWR was admitted to hospital (details unknown), suffering from influenza; he would be treated for 15 days before being discharged to duty on 20^th August.

Pte. George Bernard Hardy (see 29^th July), serving in France with 2DWR, was discharged from hospital and transferred to one of the convalescent depots at Etaples.