Saturday 2nd November 1918

In billets at Casa Dal Cin on the Pianzano to Baver road.

The British advance resumed, towards the River Tagliamento, meeting little resistance as the Austrians had withdrawn beyond the river. Following the attacking units, the Battalion marched 16 miles north-east, via Sacile and Tamai to Porcia, where the whole Battalion was billeted in one farm on the western edge of the village. 2Lt. Bernard Garside (see 30^th October) remembered “we moved up, following the fighting and reached a new village. The cig issue was still practically nil and I remember here the men sat in little groups sharing a cig between them – a good ‘draw’ each and pass it on”.

Sgt. John Whalley (see 10^th September) was admitted via 24^th Casualty Clearing Station to 29^th Stationary Hospital in Cremona, suffering from an abscess to his abdominal wall. He would subsequently (dates and details unknown) be transferred to 51st Stationary Hospital at Arquata Scrivia and 57^th General Hospital in Marseilles.

Pte. Samuel Richards (see 19^th October) was discharged from 51^st Stationary Hospital and posted to the Convalescent Depot at Lido d’Albaro.

Pte. Richard Metcalfe (see 26^th October), who was ‘absent without leave’ from 10DWR, having failed to return from his two weeks’ leave to England, reported himself to the military authorities in England and would be posted back to Italy.

Lt. Cyril William Wildy (see 16^th August), who was on an officer training class at the Signal Service Training Centre in Bedford, reported sick, suffering from influenza.

L.Cpl. Frank Mallinson MM (see 15^th October), serving with 3DWR at North Shields, was reported absent from barracks “until seen by the Military Foot Police in Tynemouth Road about 23.55”; he was ordered to be deprived of his Lance Corporal’s rank and reduced to Private.

Pte. Walter Eary (see 17^th October), who was being treated for a laryngeal tumour, was transferred from Queen Mary’s Military Hospital, Whalley, Lancs. to East Leeds War Hospital.

A payment of £12 7s. 9d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Pte. James Harding (see 1^st June), who had been officially missing in action since 16^th October 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Elizabeth, was awarded 29s. 7d. per week for herself and her three children.