Diary belonging to Archibald William Lawton Wookey, 1900-1901 - Part 1

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No 19^th. Section No. 3.
Trooper A. Wookey.
No. 2659. 14^th. Compy
N.Z. 5^th. Contingent
Mounted Rifles
No Horse. 2139.
Dark Brown. G.
White Hind.
feet.
Died 10 June 1900 No 2134
Bay mare white star on forhead
Left Wellington 31^st March
Arrived 28^th April travelled
by train from "Biera" to
Bamboo Creek 22 May 10 AM May 1900
We seen two lots of
locust and when they
arose it you could not
see the sky arrived
@ creek 6 pm Tuesday
Same day Camped for 5 days
left Sunday 27^th May in rain
for Umtalli arrived
7 oclock Monday 28^th May left
8 oclock same day for Marandellas
arrived 6.30 AM 

Sunday 8^th June 1900 1^st Hymn O God our
help in ages past 2^nd Hymn How
sweet the name of jesus sounds
in a blievers ear 3^rd Hymn 
The King of love my Shepherd
is Monday ^4 June sick Tuesday 5^th June
about the same Wensday 6^th june
put me in the hospital tent
very bad head also cold
it is much quiter
Received letter from B.J.
10^th June 1900 Sunday
Left Marandellas 15^th June
Friday, mounted at 4 p.m.
travelled 5 miles camped
(We had 4 wagons for provisions)
(& horse feed)
for night Started at 7 pm
Saturday 16^th June about 6 miles
had dinner left 4.30 pm
camped for the night
9 pm guard over wagons
left 7 am Sunday 17^th camped
10 pm left 5.30 ^am Monday 18^th June
camped 9.30 am left
3 pm oclock camped 6 pm scarce
wood Started 2 pm am Tuesy
19^th June [[(01?)]] camped (Fort Charter)
6 am left 5 pm travelled
6 miles camped at 7 oclock
left 8 am Wensday 20^th June
16 miles camped 11 oclock

left 3 pm, 12 miles camped
8 pm oclock struck camp
Thursdy 21^st June @ 5 am
Still travelling T.W. to
Bulawayo 12 miles per day
Monday 25^th June\ got flour)
eat dumplings till we could
hardly move. Travelled about
Sat 31 June quite well
waiting for wagons not
much wood 10 am oclock minding
horses while they graze
Bulawayo 10^th July 00
left for Tuli 2 days
after went within
ten miles of Fort.
Tuli & then received
orders to return to
Bulawayo 21 July
Tuesday left Bulay
2^nd August for Mafeking
received letter from
Gertie & Photo from
B Foster Fri 3^rd August
quite well
Left 50 men @
Crockadile Pools 4 Aug
60 miles from Maf
48 of us bilt a fort
40 miles from Mafeking

August 5^th - 1900 posted
Piquet on three hills
around camp no sign
of Boers up to the
present Monday 6^th August
returned to C Pools &
camped till Spt 7^th 1900

Spt 8^th left Crocodile Pools
for Tuli about 400 miles
190 by rail
Spt 10^th left Palapye for
Tuli Camped for 3 days

six miles our received mail
here
Description
of my Horse
Light Bay Mare
Black points
White Star on
her Forhead
"name"
Gert
N.o 2134

Spt 12^th. received letters
from My brother Rupert
& my Sister Olive also
one from .G.
Spt 18^th left Stot for
Tuli
Spt 26^th Camped last water
30 miles from Tuli
Spt 27^th started 2 oclock
travelled allnight till
2 oclock next day arrived
Tuli Spt 29^th 2.30
Oct 2nd Killed Heifer
for our troops
Oct 10^th All the stores
at the store sold out
not expecting any more
for a fortnight
Oct 18^th Killed two
battle rations running
short no sugar
Coffee & tea 1 dessertspoon
of either for 12 men
per meal

Oct 25 Horse feed
short 4 lbs oats instead
12 lbs per day
Oct 20^th paid my boy
& he ran away on
the 23^rd Oct
Oct 22^nd wrote to .G. & .M.
also J & B. T. N.Z.
Oct 26^th. in Orders
the General said he was
very pleased with us
At the inspection,
Oct 27^th engaged boy
6/- per moon "Bob" N.o
horse feed.
Oct 28^th Church 7 am
Minister preached also
7.30 pm by the Camp
fire all invited
29^th Oct Remounts arrived
at camp
31^st Oct Shower of rain
while grazing horses

Nov 2^nd .Sharp words with
Trooper J & it ended in blows
by which he got the worst
of it  Heavy rain through
the night
Nov 3^rd Rain Cleared off
finished my Book
Nov 4^th Church; evening
service Text subject joseph
"Sunday"
Nov 5^th, Put on guard across
the river 24 hours Concert
in the evening
Nov 6^th very hot  six wagons
arrived from Palapye with
horse feed
Nov 8^th 20 picked men left
camp for to find water first
night camped 7 miles from Tuli
Nov 9^th fine day. took horses
6 miles to water
Nov 11^th started 3-30 Am and
camped 10.30 Am had scoff
water very scarce