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     the electric wires and waiting to poison the water to the 
     
     camp, but hindsight is better than foresight. To add insult 
     
     to injury, I did not get my relief until the next evening. 
     
     On arriving back to camp it was after seven o'clock; 
     
     consequently, the staff would not give me my supper. 
     
     This was my first Christmas in the service. My only food 
     
     consumed that Christmas was that terrible steak the night 
     
     before. 
     
    
   
   
    
     IARVIS 
     
    
   
   
    
     As mentioned before, I volunteered to go to Jarvis 
     
     Flying and Gunnery School. I remember getting there, 
     
     being handed a rifle and we were told to ”shoulder arms.” 
     
    

    
     One evening I and AC Todd from Truro were out 
     
     for a walk when we saw a group going to a class. When 
     
     we entered the classroom, there were so many there that 
     
     four of us were sent for chairs. While we were gone, F/O 
     
     Smith, the Instructor, asked if there were any teachers in 
     
     the crowd. AC Todd said that there was one who had gone 
     
     to get a chair. At the end of the class the instructor asked 
     
     me to remain. He asked me if I would look after his office 
     
     for a weekend, as he had had no time off since he arrived 
     
     at the station. This I agreed to do, and when it was over, I 
     
     returned to the old group. A couple of days later, when I 
     
     was at push ups, the Security Sergeant in a booming voice 
     
     called, ”AC S. MacDonald, report to the Control Tower, to 
     
     the C/O.’s office.” All I could think about was the old 
     
     x-ray catching up to me. As I approached the C/O. in 
     
     dread, there was the C/O. and F/O. Smith, offering me 
     
     a position with Sergeant Locks to go to the Education 
     
     branch. I remembered that Education was my aim in 
     
     joining the army two years earlier. I said I would take the 
     
    
   
   
    
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