Xmas has now passed and it has proved a most enjoyable one by the arrival in this camp of a large batch of POWs from another camp. All my old cobbers proved to be among them. Don Chambers, Paul Peterson and dozens of the old Suva boys. You can imagine how we talked. Gee! It was great yarning. All these chaps were captured last year and are in fine fettle and well equipped having had regular supply of Red Cross parcels and had parcels from NZ House and home.

Now for telling you of Xmas Day itself. It was a nice fine day and as I told you we had a special Xmas parcel issued for this week. At 7AM I had tea with milk and sugar and a biscuit with butter and marmalade. Parade 8AM. 8:30 a cup of tea with a choc biscuit and a piece of Xmas cake. 10AM stew of rice, potato and meat. 12:30 ½ pd of Xmas pudding and ½ pt of custard. 4:30PM bread and butter, cheese and tea and orange. 8:30 tea and a slice of Xmas cake. During day ate 5oz of chocolate and a handful of raisins. Not bad eh!