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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1916

Theobald Toby Barrett 1916 Diary 115.pdf

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Sunday July 16th

We all went to church this morning but Frank and he went back to the woods and went to sleep. Roy was in church he came up yesterday to Brantford and down to Simcoe on the L.E.& N. and Cars. Rankin went up there and got him in his car, and I took him back this after noon at five so he can get to Toronto to-night and be on time at the office in the morning. I had intended asking Geo. Clark to go to Vittoria with me to see the Dunkin girls but hadn't made any arrangements and they were in church so when I told them they asked me to come up next Sunday. After we got into church I was very surprised to see old Quint. come in, I had an idea once they got to Camp Borden they wouldn't be back again until they left for overseas anyway but Quint said that about five thousand left the camp last night three hundred of which belonged to the 133rd and came down on a special, they will get passes if they apply every weekend and he said Pratt who has been acting a little better up there made arrangements with General Login to have them paid every two weeks so they can come home. He said the camp was a horrible

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