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DIARY NOTES
Location
12 Operational Training Unit Chipping-Warden, near Banbury, northwest of London
Mabel - Johnston's aunt in Ontario
GCVI - Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute – the High School Johnston attended
Barb - Johnston's girlfriend in Ontario
Maurine - Friend of Johnston's in Canada
Murray & Peggy - Friends of Johnstons in Canada
Venables, Jeff - Canadian pilot and friend who trained with Johnston, and was later posted to
514 Squadron at Waterbeach
Pay parade - Payday, where everyone was paid their wages
WAAF - Women's Auxiliary Air Force
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January 7, 1944 (Friday)
Got two parcels at noon – Aunt Mabel’s Christmas parcel and one from the GCVI. Then at night I got a Christmas card and a letter from Barb, a letter from Mom, an airgraph from Sis, and a Christmas card from Maurine.
Murray is getting engaged to Peggy on Christmas Eve apparently. What a wonderful thought!
Jeff Venables and I were witnessing officers at a pay parade this afternoon. Men and WAAF’s.
I also went back to see if my watch was ready – it will be done again tomorrow morning. I wrote half a dozen letters tonight – all my English mail caught up and a few of my Canadian letters written.
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