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Discovered in a dusty upstairs room of a pub, the matter-of-fact entry for 5 June 1944 written in block capitals in a small, pocket-sized diary by an unknown serviceman feels understated.

The message was scrawled on a makeshift wooden placard with black marker pen and was in block capitals.

Beneath her, in block capitals, he wrote: "STOP".

He told AFP earlier this year that the note was written in block capitals "because she always used capital letters", and contained the names of their parents, ending with her signature.

But there is one sign, in block capital letters that is pinned diagonally from top left and bottom right that stands out.