Diary for Arthur James Adams, 1915-1916, Part 9 of 10

Conflict:
First World War, 1914–18
Part of Quest:
Diary for Arthur James Adams, 1915-1916
Subject:
  • War Diaries
Status:
Finalised
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RCDIG0000195
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Sat. 15th J Parade at D am and get offea that up) all of one section for not saving polished boots, ysov to agai Prominade with Som L Kal I comp bagk at 12 am, rather disgusted will the place. Write letter on afternoon Quiet evening Kai Jun 16th July Odd paradles. bost inspectione church parade it 11 am, little dangin afternoon Man 12th ful More faw get an ioone of New boots (black & heavy) March of few miles on afterson Fuerdy 18 u Latle dong in day mut Long Mat Halloy night in 15 Wedtmedg 4tl Marchout to Havemas in mori side, trake from these to Warganis +I & see a fewold 3rd bys exclude Mante Rong, C. Kenn Helton Hallan are back in ti for povade Ral HCtts euch fight Robertson 2 gu De Kidings. 416 Thursday 20 fuly in morning & Kal 4 I walk to MMarch Eingacdrt (about 6t) & opena fine home at, 11 fom evening Friday 21 446 go to out duiine morning March with Buff in aftenon where Caraples North + have a goood you with Caph Killet to find toouble in the Lete llaves for 43th Battle Hetacl Heity $2 Satunte Leave in aftenion o to regupored the 2&31 Id And lat for th night Stop at
Sunday yt Hundreds of wounded aroure and we are kept Know Chn after them, Move to the at 2 & find business very brisk Carry all night through Tausggs Gully Meet a lot of old 3 FS boy meledin Lay Hoppy Ctonlay 24 July day to the Ad Vost of 112t Cannall have some woderful mafes f Bost high caplonve shell. Lots of Roch prisnon bey allas tomat and we we keft you all night with wounded bur boy pud t still more July 25 9 Keep going all la vel ot abut hrs pleep t on again af night Simpl Mell. Bot Bylereld of mufad hit in head. Steel belandaohs lif Sm of the 5th I Anl cometo help is. I alot of their menget he 26 July Dedneslay 12 H chab cominto help Sone ver but we are still kept toda heary shall per & close whaes. Croy Krugh all day 798 Hhurdn + Thumy morning ditto di go out for a fel at 2pm after movry from Albert in a forry Wagesties; near Ha Cang o Willed in a vam yn chatern grounds Wday 26 July Tten volonit gives one of his desonned little speeches about the name in hav make for ourselves, to which of each we pay no attention but Oapt Horven tills us in a dozen wods tht he pleased will us, which wes do notic very much appreciate
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Sat July 1st 
In charge of fatigue party in morning 
build latrines. Take Reid & Deakin into 
the 'barb wire'.  Visit the old lady at the 
'coffee shop', & then call at the Strazeele 
billet & have a drink, home at 6 pm & 
on guard at 8 until 11.45 pm.  Heavy bombard
towards Armintiers. 
Sun July 2nd
Pay, 15 f in morning, car ride with
Kempy.  Walk to Hazebrouk with J 
Gillies in afternoon and meet Ernie Gaunt
& Kala, see big procession (Catholic) &
return in big motor lorry after going
about 15 k out of our way via Vieux,
Berquin, Neuf Berquin, Morbocque etc.
reach Pradelles at 8.30 to go to the Two
Terrible Years Estaminet until 11.30 with 
Kala, Birthday unknown
  
Monday July 3rd 
Go for march towards Caestre and have
stretcher drill by Davidson who just returns
from leave in England.  Spend evening with
a crowd of boys near the Bon Com estaminet
& bed at 11.30.  Wally O Gorman gets 28 days
for getting drunk.
Tuesday July 4th
Striking E.P, tents and latrines etc
all day in the rain, & go into Borre with
W Manly at night visit interior of church
which was badly shelled by Germans, very
beautiful carving inside.
Wednesday July 5th
Move out at 9 pm and march to Noveau
Monde which we reach about 2pm & fix
up again in a barn. My squad & a
new squad go into trenches at 8 pm &
return at 6 am tomorrow. Little doing but
one man dies as we are carrying him back 

 

Thursday July 6th 
Have a good rest all day & in
afternoon walk into Estaires with 
Kala & Ernie, return at 7 pm in rain
& sip coffee & beer until 10.30 pm
Work on Friday July 7th
QMS fatigue & before breakfast
go out to ASC depot and get forage
& rations, afterwards going to Sailly
for fuel, meet some of the old
'barbed wire boys', back at 12 am
and after dinner take clothes to the
washerwoman near billet where I 
have a good yarn.  Fish in river
for an hour and catch 3 roach which
Auntie at the dressmakers eats. Orders
to go out to trenches again and leave with
steel proof helmets at 8.30 for Eaton Hall
where we have a fairly quiet night
Close shave on return journey of 1st patient 
machine gun all round us
  
Saturday 8 th July 
Fairly easy day & Kala & I visit
front line trenches during morning &
have a fairly quiet afternoon & night.
Sunday 9th July
Pick cherries & look round country generally
in morning & go for a bike ride to
Rifle Villa and to Car Rendenvez
where Botch is dropping lots of large
shells.  In afternoon we got several 
cases in quick time & Kal & I sleep in
a light dug out at the Batt. M.O.s
position in trenches & have quiet night.
Monday 10th July
Return to Dressing Station at 5 am & all
our old captains together with those of
15th. F'd Amb walk around at 6 am.
15th Fd Amb relieve us at 2 pm & we march
all the way back to Noveau Monde via
Sailly.  Rather gay night, champagne & 
get home at 2 am 

 

Tuesday 11th July
Leave Noveau Monde at 9 am with Transport
pass.  Tony Deasy & some of our old boys near
Neuv Berquise & as usual Kala gets well
drunk.  Reach Strazeele at 1 pm and after
a bit of dinner and unloading waggons 
Tom Lee & I go to Pradelles & Borre &
visit old friends.  Kal comes to the Two
Terrible Years Estaminet and I go to the
old joint in Borre & stop the night in 
a bonsor bed. (C section come in at 2 pm) 
Wednesday 12th July 
Reach our billet at 7 am and have 
a decent morning digging latrines while 
others go on stretcher drill.  Orderly room 
with Kal & Tom in afternoon but Maj 
Ingram deals fairly with a little talk. 
Stay in kitchen with the sergeants & the 
girls until 1 am, nearly potted. 
(The rest of the section arrive today at 11am) 
  
Thursday 13th July 
Parade orderly room about transfer to 
Engineers but do not get much satisfaction 
Pick gooseberries & raspberries with girls in 
garden in afternoon. (little rain), issue of 
packs & strap gear. Parade marching 
order at 7 pm when we march to Baileul 
& entrain at 10 pm. W Manly niks his 
back while we are fooling together & Jim & I 
get him into a compartment & look  
after him all night 
Friday 14th July 
Arrive at Doullens at 9 am and after 
leaving Bill at No 41 G C Hos.  there we march 
away & reach Halloy at 6pm where we 
billet for the night.  Plenty of 4th Div 
troops march through & also fill the 
villiage with troops. Have a cold bath 
& turn in at 10 pm 

 

Sat 15th July 
Parade at 8am and get nearly 
(het up) all of our section) for not 
having polished boots, Groves again 
Promenade with Tom & Kal & come  
back at 12am, rather disgusted with 
the place. Write letter in afternoon 
Quiet evening  Rain 
Sun 16th July 
Cdd parades. Boot inspection etc. & 
church parade at 11am. Little doing in 
afternoon. 
Mon 17th July 
More rain get an issue of new 
boots (black & heavy)  March a few 
miles in afternoon 
Tuesdy 18th July 
Little doing in day, meet Long M at 
night in Halloy 

Wednesday 15 
March out to Havernas in morning, & Kal 
& I side trek from there to Wargenies 
to see a few old 3rd boys including 
Monti Long, G. Kensy, Hetton D Halloran etc 
& arrive back in time for parade 
Kal & Otto each fight Robertson & gave 
him hidings. 
Thursday 20th July 
March in morning & Kal & I walk to 
Vingacourt (about 6 k) & spend a fine 
evening. home at 11pm 
Friday 21st July 
March out during morning & go to 
Canaples with Buff in afternoon where I 
have a good yarn with Capt North &  
return to find trouble in the billet. 
Keidy leaves for 49th Battln (detail) 
Saturday 22nd July 
Leave in afternoon for to reinforce the 
2nd & 3rd Fd Amb at 
stop at f. for the night 

 

Sunday 25th July
Hundreds of wounded arriving at 
and we are kept busy looking 
after them.  Move to the trenches at 
2pm & find business very brisk.  Carry 
all night through Sausage Gully.  Meet a lot 
of old 3rd Fd boys including J Lasy & Hoppy 
Monday 24th July 
Carry all day to the Aid Post of 11 & 12th 
Batt & have some wonderful escapes from 
high explosive shells.  Lots of Boch prisoners
big attack tonight and we are kept going
all night with wounded. Our boys push
on still more.
Tuesday 25th July
Keep going all day and only got about
2 hrs sleep & on again all night
Simply hell.  Bob Byleveld of my squad
hit in head.  Steel helmet saved his life
Some of the 5th Fd Amb come to help
us & a lot of their men got hit 
  
Wednesday 26th July
Some 12th fd Amb come in to help
today but we are still kept very
busy.  Heavy shell fire & close shaves
all day & night
Thursday 27th July
Thursday morning ditto ditto &
go out for a spell at 2pm after
moving from Albert in a lorry to
Wagernies, near Ha Canaples &
billet in a barn in chateau grounds
Friday 28th July
Colonel gives one of his damned foolish
little speeches about the name we have
made for ourselves, to which speech we
pay no attention, but Capt Sprent
tells us in a dozen words that he is
pleased of with us, which we do notice
very much & appreciate 

 

Saturday 29th July
Kal & I go to a villiage called
Naours & have a decent day
Visit the subteranian souterain caves there
at night go with A Faro & get 
well known to the Cozette family
Sunday 30th July
Our main body move away leaving
we 30 who had been in action in
Wagnies, & I spend the day at
the Cozette farm
Monday 31 July
A few fatigues in morning &
Kal & myself spend a jolly day
at the Cozettes farm.
Tuesday 1st Aug
Leave Wargnies at 11am.  The artist
who owns the chateau giving me a
small painting as a souvenir. Arrive
at Herissart per boot at 4.30pm  
  
Wed 2nd Aug
Leave at 8am for Warloy which we
reach at 12 noon & take over the
main hospital from Tommies, On guard
Thursday 3 Aug
Little to do in day. make a few
acquaintances in the villiage & walk
round generally. Meet Ern Les of 4th Fd Amb
Friday 4th Aug
Make a cross for O Connors brother
who is buried in a cemetery here. develop
film with Alf Fain, poor results
Sat Aug 5th
Move off for Albert at 2 pm &
reach there about 6.30 when we
bivouac in open and get shelled
a bit, but few casualties.  Groves
ventures this far & soon gets back
with the look of a whipped cur. 

 

Sun. Aug 6th
Move into trenches today, see
Tom Deasy, Ern Pilchen, C Ware
etc on transport.  Get a very
heavy nights bombardment &
work through Sausage Valley
thousands of casualties.
Mon Aug 7th
Heavy work in day. Marney
gets his hand blown off but
the rest are very lucky, one
shell gets 41. including 27 killed
chiefly 48th Batt. right against our
Aid Post. awful sight McCam
gets a piece of shell through leg.
Capt Sprent at top D.S. is
very pleased with us.
Tuesday Aug 8th
Quieting day tho some awful cases
come through 

 

St Sgt Morgan
1st ACH Pyramids 1 Emu
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Audaces fortuna iuvat
fortune favours the brave
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a vostra beneplacito
at your pleasure
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pluribus unum
many in one
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fata viam invenient
The fates will discover a way
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fide -et- fortituding
by faith & fortitude 

Notes
Yenakoara = Maoris Salutation
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Egyptian Numerals

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 

Sarisiriaka  Sihks greeting 
Sarisiriaka Gooripovriaka Good night 
 

 

  
1st Bde Inf
1st       Green
2nd.     "       & D. Blue
3rd       "        Brown
4th      "        White

2nd Bde Inf
5th
6th
7th
8th       Red - White

3rd Inf Bde
9th       Lt Blue & Black
10th         "    "    & D Blue
11th                      & Choc
12th                         White
  
4th Bde 
13th
14th     D Blue & Yel
15th       "               Brown
16th        

Army Medical Corps
Chocolate
Army Service Corps 
A O.C.
3 bde 
AVC 
3rd Bde Artillery
Red & Blue 

 

Donation of Smokes 
Mrs Hidop. 8 Cottage Grove Honolulu.
NJB Smith Assimbora Yash Canada
W Marslade Inglewood Taraniki NZ

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