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"about one year old". Soldier gave Walsh one of the children to look after. He walked the floor of the ward with the child until about 3 a.m. Then the baby went to sleep and he put it in the "first bed he came to". Went downstairs for a glass of water for mother. Afterward watched operations performed on the table in kitchen until about 6 a.m. Went outdoors and "waited around" until breakfast time (7 o'clock). Served breakfast to mother and others (tea, bread and cheese, hot broth) Got his own breakfast. Afterward gathered empty dishes for washing and put clean dishes back in their places, until 9 o'clock.

Stayed four days at Camp Hill Hospital doing "odd jobs" Carrying coal, dishes to be washed, etc. Second night held hands of delirious man from eight o'clock until midnight. Then read a magazine until morning. "Couldn't sleep".

Baby brother was missing until Saturday Dec 22nd. Found him at the Children's Hospital. He had lost an eye and his face and head were badly cut.

Revised Dec 29, 1917 [handwritten]
JHM