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Private J. D. Caves: The Long Journey Home

18 July 1941 At Sea D Coy Infantry, 6th Reinforcements

18 July 1941 At Sea D Coy Infantry, 6th Reinforcements

My Darling Jean,

We have now been at sea three weeks. Three whole weeks without a foot of solid earth and probably another 10 days or so to go. Out at sea the smoke of our escorts (we have more now) is just visible while the other transports steam majestically in line with us. They tell me we are now in the danger zone and that there will be no more practice alarms. The next one will be fair dinkum.

Since we left I have been sleeping on deck. It is pretty hard to find room to put down one's blankets and if it was not for old Freddie Bowers I would stand very little show as nearly all the space is taken by the time I finish mess. Freddie places his blankets in two piles. So far we have been very lucky but Sunday night we got wet through with spray. Last night we did not attempt to find a dry space on deck and slept in the mess room.