Monday 9th December 1918

Billets at Arzignano

Pte. Wilfred Henry Fiddes (see 1^st December), on joining 10DWR, was immediately appointed Lance Corporal.

L.Cpl. Francis Barrett (see 4^th September) relinquished his appointment as Lance Corporal ‘at his own request’ and reverted to the rank of Private.

Pte. William George Clements (see 22^nd March) was admitted to 23^rd Division Rest Station, suffering from scabies; he would be discharged to duty after four days.

For the second time in a week Pte. Matthew Stone (see 3^rd December), who had been wounded on 27^th October and was under treatment somewhere in Italy (details unknown), was reported absent from evening roll call, on this occasion from 9pm roll call until 9.30pm”; he was again ordered to be confined to barracks for five days.

2Lt. William Edmondson Gaunt (see 10^th September), serving in Egypt with 2/22^nd Battalion London Regiment was appointed Brigade Education Officer for 181^st Brigade, with the acting rank of Captain.

Pte. James Duncan Foster (see 23^rd October) was discharged from the military hospital in Colchester; he would have ten days’ leave before reporting to 3DWR at North Shields.

Pte. Tom Lister Ellison (see 2^nd December) was transferred from the Military Hospital in Lichfield to a convalescent hospital in Ashton-in-Makerfield.

A payment of £5 19s. 3d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Pte. Alfred Baker (see 20^th July), who had died, apparently of heart failure, on 7^th July; the payment would go to his widow, Florence.

A second payment, of £8 18s. 8d. was authorised, being a further amount due in pay and allowances to the late Pte. William Northrop (see 22^nd October), who had been killed during the trench raid on 26^th August; the payment would go to his widow, Sarah Alice, but specifically for the benefit of their daughter, Florence.