March 1918
6th Wednesday
Walk out into the town of St Pol, and had a good time.
7th Thursday
Discharged from Hospital, entrained for my Unit at Béthune arriving there at 4pm. By R.T.O. Orders I had to return to Labourse. Private room.
8th Friday
Spent a good night and left Labourse at 10.30am for Béthune, arriving there 12 midday, rejoined my Unit at Institute St. Vaaste.
9th Saturday
Béthune.
Nothing much doing.
10th Sunday
Church Parade.
11th Monday
Dining Hall Duty.
14th Thursday
Inoculated at night.
15th Friday
No Duty, bed.
17th Sunday
Béthune.
Route March during the morning, and then Units team play 1/1 NMFA at Fouquières. Result 3rd 3-2.
18th Monday
Dining Hall Orderly.
19th Tuesday
The town shelled during the morning. Children, women, and a few soldiers wounded.
20th Wednesday
Same routine.
The town again shelled.
21st Thursday/23rd Saturday
Myself included in a party of 18 B Sect march to Lillers for temporary attached Duty with No. 58 C.C.S. The place bombed at night and the Station by Hospital also one train of ammunition blown up, and fired. Shells blown all over the town and into Hospital. Many casualties. Nurse killed and Matron badly wounded. We turned out in Stretcher Squads to the scene, the bombing continued for hours.
Albert returns from leave on the 19th.
Ward Duty in the No. 2 Serious Surgical Wounds.
[On the 21st March Frank had been commended for his conduct when a French General (General De Laquiche) wrote to his C.O. praising him for his daring during an air-raid'' He exhibited the greatest courage said the General,''and showed wonderful activity , searching the smoking debris with extreme devotedness under fire, and withdrawing the wounded and bearing them to hospital.'']