Diary for Arthur James Adams, 1915-1916, Part 3 of 10

April 30^th Fri 
Have a good rest today & watch
Turk's shrapnell peppering our
boats. & have to duck for low
shells very often. Out at night to collect wounded
1st May 
Name of Muddy Gully changed 
first to McWhae Gully & then to
Shrapnel gully 
1st May Sat 
Under heavy shrapnell fire
all day. collect from Valley of Death
in afternoon & again out at 8 pm
2nd May Sun 
Have a rest & watch the Navy
heavily bombard observation station at
Gaba Tepe also on the left flank.
3^rd May Mon
Very busy today in Shrapnel gully
on a/c of charge of Australians LRMLIs
who gain 1000 yds of trenches. Out again
at 5.30 pm & home at 1 am. tired out
4^th May Tues
Rest all day & watch our navy bombard
Gaba Tepe terribly, where a volunteer 
party tried to land & got cut up
terribly by Turks machine guns. Sent cablegram
home via Alexandria. up gully at night.

May 5^th Wed
Home during morning, do various
fatigues, out in afternoon to Capt
Tibbet's station returning at 12 midnight.
2nd Bde re-embark for C Helles &
reinforce the French & Tommies on Point
C. Rush hit on foot
May 6^th Thurs 
Our camp under very heavy shrapnel
fire all day & we crouch as far
back a possible in our dug-outs
70 mules & many men killed & hundreds
of wonderful escapes all around us 
Shep shot through foot & Baker
through hand. Hone through mouth
All dig deeper as soon as a lull in
firing comes. Out to Capt Dunlops post
& get one patient. Go into firing line with
Rosser & Baker for 1/2 hr. Heavy night fighting
May 7^th Friday
A few shrapnel shells come over in
morning but our navy soon silence
them, Witness great artillery duels
between our & Turks from Olive Grove
the latter getting the best every time
but quieter when aeroplane comes
along. More shrapnel over our crowd
& more wonderful escapes. Get first issue
of rum. served under fire. Score two tots
May 8^th Sat.
Dig new latrines in morning rather 
quiet, beautiful weather, odd fatigues all
day. Do night work at Capt Dunlops
post 
May 9^th Sun
Relieved at 8 am. Hear Cuckoo. Go out to
left flank to see G Henderson in afternoon
& have a good yarn. Meet Algy 

Sellars. Have a race for life from
4^th Dressing Stn, between the
barricades, but see 5 shot dead
and many wounded. Meet J Simpson
working with his donk up Death
Gully. Heavy Xplosive shells sent
over our camp in evening but few
hurt. Blankets issued, 1 per man.
May 10^th Mon 
Hear Cuckoo, Many shells sent to our
camp but nobody hit. Our aeroplanes 
hovering about all day. NAVY heavily
bombard in places. Work up to
Capt Dunlops Post at night 
May 11^th Tues
Return to old camp at 11 am and
find our boys all shifted 5 of us &
follow but find place untenable
Damper Hampson & Waterworth hit
latter rather badly. Rains fairly
heavy. and we find another
position at / rear of Indians camp
where we dig in. Rain all night
get our blankets & coats all wet
& no chance to dry them. The 7^th
Batt gun in middle of our late camp
cannot do any good 
May 12^th Wed
Improve dug out a bit & help
carry stores from old place. showery
Touch of Bronchitis.
May 13^th Thurs
Darcy wounded in arm (venous).
Ballyntyne through thigh & neck in morning
Cold a bit better. Our position
shelled periodically little damage 

May 14^th Friday
Our position getting hell. One
3^rd Batt man killed just below
us and while Capt Connek & one
of our squads were attending him
a shell burst within a foot or two
of them, a little later a 4.7
cut through the corner of my dug
out & shattered Pens right leg
& tore up T Jones left leg, dig deeper
at night. Transports clear away
Submarines rumoured to be about.
May 15^th Sat
More shells in camp during day
Good luck with us, beautiful weather
General Bridges shot mortally through
thigh just past 4^th Dressing Stn
up Shrapnel Gully.
May 16^th Sun
Heavy artillery duel, shells everywhere
our Batteries all around us. Take a
walk in evening to left where we landed
May 17^th Mon
Heavy shelling again. More warships
concentrating here. Part of 2nd Bde
disembark again after being relieved
at C Helles by RMLI's 
May 18^th Tues
Turks attempt to mount guns on our
left but the Lindon & Triumph soon
get their range & fire two villiages
& reported to blow up their batteries
J Aber & a hundred other recovered
cases come ashore at 6 pm. get 5 letters. 

May 19^th Wed
6" Howitzer at foot of our hill begins
to let go, & we get plenty of
replies. Jack Simpson killed while 
leading donk & patient. J Fraser
shot through wrist, Vic Martin
two bullets through thigh. Orders
to sleep fully dressed & have to
turn out for we are attacked by 
Turks (heavily) who are repulsed with
terrible losses. Bury J Simpson in
evening large attendance.
May 20^th Thurs
Taube aeroplane dropping bombs, narrowly
missing our camp. Taffy Jones shot 
through upper part of thigh, H Baker 
through back of hand, Capt Pollock in 
legs & Browett badly through arm
Turks attack heavily before sundown, & are
repulsed with heavy losses again Our navy
& batteries having a big say this time
Mon 21^st Fri
Rather quiet day. Capture a few
Turks. cut off previous night in an
advanced trench. 2000 Lt Horse landed
as Inf. Make crosses for Simpson
Hudson & Eccles & erect same on graves
in afternoon, have a few narrow
escapes from shell on left flank
New Jap bomb throwers being taken
to trenches 
May 22^nd Sat
Very heavy rain from about 5-30 am
to midday. Make stationery box
for colonel with rusty saw & hammer 
May 23^rd Sun 
Real moving picture bombardment on near right
flank by navy Turks reply from posts & batteries 
Taube  fills 2 & wounds 4 with bombs just behind
us. Help carry mail from R Flank. with Everson 

May 24^th Mon
9 hrs Armistice begins at 7-30 for
to bury dead which are piled
up between trenches. Raining in morning
We take all our stretchers up & our
infantry pioneers & others bury our dead
& Turks respectively theirs. Flags being
placed along a neutral line and
one of each side guarding same
We returning all their rifles minus
bolts also all ammunition picked up
& they doing same with our
property. They have between 3,000
& 4,000 dead & ours about 100.
Get a Turk's bayonet & scabbard & 
various bullets find some reversed 
in cartridge cases. Leave danger Zone
& stench behind 1/2hr before truce
finishes and at 3-30 firing slowly
commences, Turks brassard 
May 25^th Tues
On duty up Shrapnel valley
and get tip that Triumph was
hit. Run to top of hill & see
her just heel over & dissapear
slowly. Rain heavy at intervals
Home at 8 pm wet dug out.
May 26^th Wed
QM Fatigue all day, French
bi-plane drops bombs on Turks trenches
about 6 pm 2,500 reinforcements landed
by destroyers.
May 27^th Thurs
Airships busy dropping bombs
during day.
May 28^th Fri 
Duty at Capt Williams station S. gully
Have a chat with C. Cutmore. two
letters today home at 9 pm 

May 29^th Sat 
Heavy bombardment of our hill during
morning for 3 hrs & only Conly got hit
bad. pellets & shell fragments tearing
through many waterproofs. Various
aeroplanes hovering about early
this morning the Turks sapped 
through and blew up one of our
trenches at Quinns Post, about 
1400 of theirs were killed when
they charged. our losses about 300
G. Henderson being mortally wounded
in abdomen & dying at Clearing Hospital 
on beach 
May 30^th Sun 
Work S. gully get 3 cases in morning
very hot & dangerous today owing
to a Turks machine gun being
played on the cross roads at
bottom where we pass. Big 
bombardment on left, when Turks
attempt to charge. & our artillery
get right into them and slaughter
wholesale. Their casualties estimated
at 1500 to 2000 & ours at about 200
We capture two trenches & evacuate later 
May 31^st Mon
Easy day. Submarine gets among 
our shipping & causes a big
commotion. & with four destroyers
& an aeroplane after her, she
gets away again. Meet Dick Daly
on beach & have a good chat
over Nambour Notes Sgt MJ of
4th Batt shot for treachery 
May June 1^st. Tues
Nothing of note 

June 2^nd Wed
Working at Capt Williams
station, not too much doing.
June 3^rd Thurs
Get paraded by ADJt to A.D.M.S for
to swear to J Simpsons bravery &
then go up Death gully to ascertain
date of RMLI's death. Young B Larkan
visits my dug out & yarn of the old
place. Visit ASC in evening & 
have a talk to Charlie. Orders
given out 'Attack Xpected' 
June 4^th Fri 
Write statement concerning J Simpson
& put through our crowd for War
Office. Fatigue with NO 1 & 5 squad
in day. Heavy attack by our left
who gained 3 trenches. sleep dressed
& go out at daybreak on
June 5^th Sat
A Curry, Ford, F Gill E Boyle
& Cranner get hit by shrapnel
& we have some narrow
squeaks. Bombardment which
began yesterday behind Achi
Baba still thundering away
Turks recapture trenches on left
in morning. One of our men
arrested for treachery 
June 6^th Sun 
Yarning with Stan Carter
& Frank Rorke in dug out in 
day & with ASC on beach at 
night 
June 7^th Mon
Fatigue with No 2 Get a few 
canteen stores from Canteen ship &
we draw a bottle of tomato sauce

June 8^th Tues
Get some shrapnel shells for
Charlie 
June 9^th Wed
Capture a lovely tortoise & kill
& clean shell. Out at night
with No 5 & meet C Mole
with 4^th L.H. D troop C squadron
June 10^th Thurs 
Make signboard for 3^rd Fd Amb
for position against Indians Camp.
set razor for Capt Connick. Wonderful sight
of seeing 20 shells from Anafatta dropped
among ADC. dugouts on beach without 
hitting a man. 
June 11^th Fri 
Bombarded by Turks howitzers
in afternoon. Get grazed by a
bullet on right shoulder
June 12^th Sat 
Night work up gully
June 13^th Sun
See Dick Daly & have a good
talk. Get 2 doz eggs for 5/-
Greek election day
June 14^th Mon
Work up gully, & Turks throw
shrapnell from Olive Grove & Anafatta
into our gully. Our planes dropping [*] 
June 15^th Tues
A Monitor class cruiser bombarding
heavily to right of Gaba Tepe
Turks bombard beach heavily but 
few casualties. J Thompson hit bad
June 16^th Wed
Turks bombard heavily from all sides
D troop of 4^th Lt. H. [[dig?]] out new hospital
16 men injured on beach when I am 
speaking to Charlie 

June 17^th Thurs
On duty up gully and have a
good look round 5^th Batt trenches
& saps. Yarning late with H Swan
& Kempy on Social Reform
June 18^th Fri
Tommy Deary down with Ptomaine
poisoning and his brother leaves
for Lemnos with tonsilitis
W Cameron Jock Gault & J
Hughes get hit badly with shrapnel
June 19^th Sat
Subjected to a very heavy shell
fire, got more blood drawn when
I popped over hill to look at
hole made by Jack Johnson
bullet hit my identy disc &
cut same away 
Fatigues all day
June 20^th Sun 
Lots of shells visit us again
but luckily nobody hurt. Lt Col
McPhee conducts a nice church service
at 7 pm, a few songs after
June 21^st Mon
Heavy bombardments at point
which seems to detract the 
enemys shells from us. Sniper
gets F Taylor through buttock 
June 22^nd Tues
Fatigue work all day some more barges
sunk. Zeppelin reported overhead during
night (last) Yarning with Charlie on beach
until 12 midnight
June 23^rd Wed
Get a letter from Gwen Kenny, sketch for An Zac
Dick Daly stays to tea & sings after at
the 2^nd Lt Horse concert