30st October [1916] Monday
Found several new officers in the battalion – Williams 3 Kings ‘B’ Coy, J [?] Tate T.C.D. C Coy (him I have not seen since red days in College, say 1911) and a man named Buchan in ‘Q’.
Jones’, Rutherford’s, Mackee’s, Smith’s and Knight’s promotions have all come through.
I wonder how the Company will work and what sort of a time I have before me. Personally I expect squalls.
Rained like the devil all day. Life pretty miserable in bivouacs absolutely sopping.