Diary of Apcar Leslie De Vine, 6 August 1915 - 17 May 1916 - Part 2 of 6

Conflict:
First World War, 1914–18
Part of Quest:
Apcar Leslie De Vine Diaries
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  • ANZAC
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2 Regach hant, cinco spert of news tast inded tomr relief Duliion pon /4/15 Sunday Larded 19 wieks Iauda excistionely guit here that our relief will take place in a few days now, ercyledy dused 6/4115 No attack made the wak and wyst quiet, were of the 2nd Vulmon Landia tomyot 7/9/15 Guit de, 2 Pnision care bny to ie the line, e shewn youha ghet peperation te rme Beride reliased bey wadte 8/9/15. Preperdin veay conlite for the rety of the 1s Beyad 2 Batt lease terift at 12gealso 1s Bute shilled terye back mut knaw otet we hae a naw palion in thi Holly 719/15 preparation made for are dejetie whch murt be lefere the end of the wit when the whele of the 1sth Anrion will be setiened, of ba teyo Hd ges, nes stilled a but itiery 10/9/15 Very guist day; on our pere, nothing dory, heer we are gay oig on sudg to Mudtre ToS
ofte gavy any toweon 41 bung getty read, ehondy werthy even to the 2nd Punsion silled for about t he the evenig 8th mewtter 12/9/15. Sindery Lorded 20 wiek everythy read to hard over to Dhunct 129e, when te I we prejare to leave tonight remove to next comp to await order to entaik, get read to more off at 2 am nextereng with the 7th 3rd Berth went to te beach e cerined there untill 6 am then tota to pretue to t crp, longage of men trnce the air llice, told we mt be off the rait nist onybady that wevd 13/9/15 Bt con alldy antter diagenteral teryil 32e7th git ing we must peron orthe dey tall grell nite of its aldieffe 1/9/15 Bst Ceralldg, lving he sie tonght, jest biely time all da e wity for the order, 6 pm all tild to pick up e get read to were off waed dai to te beack e emberked in laye put of g on the Ormaniet we teke on teev tht are bey retiened all rytt, I 28 leeve at 40k next morning 15/9/15 Sefte et 4 am its worng engleds glad to be yft. sy full of man includy artitle w ifuly. Field cmbulance Bat
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Grant, lines, fatigues. 6th Brigade
landed tonight, part of new Aust
Division for our relief 

5/9/15  Sunday Landed 19 weeks 
All day exceptionally quiet
hear that our relief will take
place in a few days now, everybody
pleased 
  
6/9/15  No attack made this
week and eveytg quiet, more
of the 2nd Victorian landed tonight 
  
7/9/15  Quiet dy, 2nd Division are
up to the firg line, & shown
their positions, great preparations
for the 1st Brigade to be
relieved beng made 
  
8/9/15  Preparations neary
complete for the relif of the
1st Brigade, 2nd Batt leaves
tonight at 12 o/c also 1st Batt
shelled tonght. Turks must
know that we have a new
Division in this vally 
  
9/9/15  Preparations made for
our departure which must
be before the end of the week
when the whole of the 1st Division
will be relieved, vy busy tody at
Hd Qrs, was shelled a bit this evenig 
  
10/9/15  Very quiet day, on our
front, nothng doig, hear we
are gong awy on Sundy to Mudros

 

11/9/15  Gong awy tomorrow, vy 
busy gettg ready, & handig
everythng over to the 2nd Division
shelled for about 1 hour this eveng
by 8" howitzers 
  
12/9/15  Sunday Landed 20 weeks
everythg ready to hand over to
the 2nd Division at 12 o/c, when
we prepare to leave tonight,
remove to rest camp, to await orders to
embark, get ready to move off at 2 am
next morning with the 7th & 3rd Batts 
Went to the beach & remained
there untill 6 am then told to
return to rest camp, language of
men turned the air blue, told we
might be off the next night, everybody
in a vy bad mood  
  
13/9/15  Rest camp all dy, another
disappointment tonight 3rd & 7th get
awy we must remain another day
all prety sick of the whole affair
  
14/9/15  Rst camp alldy, leavig
for sure tonight, just killg time
all dy & waitg for the order, 8 pm
all told to pack up & get ready to
move off, moved down to the beach
& embarked on large punts at 9 pm
on the Osmanieh we take on troops
that are beg returned all night, &
leave at 4 o/c, next mornig 
  
15/9/15  Left at 4 am this morng
evrybody glad to be off.  Ship
full of men includg artilly NZ 
infaty.  Field ambulance & 4th Batt 

 

Men slept all over deck & saloon
floors, passags, etc for last night,
cannot hold another man.  Hope
to be in Lemnos before midday 
Arrd Lemnos 12 am, took off Osmanieh
at 4pm by H.M.S Waterwitch & landed
had a march of about 4 mils to camp
Vey trying, fell out several times, vy 
weak arrd camp at dusk, when
we were given ½ large bottle of stout 
this beer is a daily allowance, for
tea were given two eggs, vy tired, good
nights rest 
  
16/9/15.  Spent the afternoon in the village
buyig eggs, beer, chocolate, milk, cheese, etc
it rained vey heavy all the mornig 
swamped the camp, which was in 
a hollow, decided to shift the 
  
camp up the side of a hill the next 
dy, ground vy wet & mudy 
had to sleep in the mud all night 
  
17/9/15  Shifted the camp up the 
hill side tody, feel full of aches 
& pains, through sleepng in the wet last 
night, Vy windy tody & ground dried 
quickly,  Marine band played selections 
in the camp this afternoon, 
  
18/9/15  Feel prety bad tody, return 
of dysenty feel prety weak, quiet 
day nothing to do, parads start on 
Monday, large mail, letter from mother. 
  
19/9/15  Sunday  Church parade, did not 
attend, issued with clean shirts, socks, shoes 
trousers etc, quiet dy nothg to do 

 

20/9/15  Two hours drill 9-11 rest  
of dy free, squad & rifle drill & 
bayonet exercise. 
  
21/9/15  Two hours drill, went into 
the villages in the afternoon, paid 
15 pc 
  
22/9/15 Two hours drill, vy cold & 
windy 
  
23/9/15  Two hours drill, vy winy heavy 
gale blowig 
  
24/9/15  Two hours drill, gale much 
less tody 
  
25/9/15  Two hours drill, no wnd tody 
& sunshine all dy, feelg warm  
  
went into village. for stors for our mess 
  
26/9/15  Sunday Attended church  
parade, warm dy, went to villages 
  
27/9/15  Two hours parade & 
medical inspection afer parade 
  
28/9/15  Two hours parade & 
medical inspection, passed & placed 
in class X = fit for service in  
four weeks, went to villiages. 
  
29/9/15  Two hours parade, did 
washig tody, letter from 
mother 
n 
  
30/9/15  Two hours parade, went to 
No. 2  Hospital across harbour in  

 

afternoon to see some of our boys 
saw several, got 6 tins milk, 2 gelateen  
& 1 lb cocoa 
  
1/10/15  Two hours drill, pay day £2 
went to village for supplies 
  
2/10/15  Two hours drill orderly 
man,  A Coy for duty, fatigus all 
day 
  
3/10/15  Sunday Attended Church 
parade, went to village 
in afternoon 
  
4/10/15  Two hours drill.  Hot day 
large mail tody - letter from  
Ms Greaves and Mr Ames 
  
5/10/15  Two hous drill, letter 
from Ms Greaves, water fatigue, 1 mile 
to village 
  
6/10/15  Missed two hous march 
tody, placed on water fatigue, 
in the morng and Q M fatigue in the 
afternoon, heavy dy, vy hot, feel done 
up by night 
  
7/10/15.  Two hous drill, outpost 
duty 
  
8/10/15  Two hours drill, fatigue 
all afternoon diggig trenchs 
rained nearly all dy.  stormy night 
  
9/10/15.  Told off for fatigue in the 
trench to replace a large dock 
had been blown ashore durg the storm 
last night & so missed a rout march

 

fatigue rest of the mornig 
  
10/10/15  Sunday Attended 
Church parade, villge in 
afternoon 
  
11/10/15  Two hous parade this 
morng, took washng to villge 
night guards commence this 
week 7-30 - 8 full marching" 
order, with packs 
  
12/10/15  Inspected by the General 
commandg this sturd, & in  
command of the Lines of Communicating  
9-11.30 full marchg order, Coy 
went on parade, vy fatiguing 
parade tonight full. marchg 
order  
  
13/10/15  Two hours parade 
vy windy & cold, night parade 
7-30 - 8 
  
14/10/15  Two hous fatigue instead 
of parade tody.  QM fatigue 
this afternoon. Vy cold 
  
15/10/15 Two hous Batt drill & 
bomb throwing, vy windy & cold 
rained durg night 
  
16/10/15  Three & half hous route 
march & outpost scheme, no 
wind tody, much warmer 
  
17/10/15  Sunday Attended church 
parade,  

 

18/10/15  Two hous marchg & skirmishing 
attended concert tonight in YMCA 
tent on anniversary of our leaving 
Sydney, bottle of beer issued 
tody 
  
19/10/15  Two hous drill, keen 
wind blowg tody 
  
20/10/15  Two hous drill, by Batt 
cold day        " 
  
21/10/15  Three hours route march 
across county & skirmishing 
  
22/10/15  Two hous route march 
and an attack on hills at 
rear of camp, Vy cold,  rained 
neary all day 
  
23/10/15  Two hous march, inspection  
by Brigadier of 4th Batt assault on 
trenches by bombg parties, vy cold 
mornig, rained all the afternoon 
and night, vy cold wind blowig. 
  
24/10/15  Sunday Very cold & 
windy all dy, rained all day 
church parade postponed, ordes out 
to get reay for an early embarkation 
probaby on Wednesdy 
  
25/10/15  No parade tody, Kit 
inspection, cold wind blowg, all 
kits made up & ready for embarkig 
  
26/10/15  Orders out for embarkig 
tomorrow, probaby for Anzac to 
relieve the 3rd Brigade, although not 

 

definitely known, all preparations pushed 
forward & all is ready for tomorrow 
  
27/10/15  Revelle 5-15, full 
marchg order, marched to Engineers 
Pier, through the Hospital & 
Convalescent camps, embarked on the 
tiny "Wave" & transported on to the  
"Osmanieh", stayed all night in 
harbour, wind & water too 
rough to proceed to sea, 
two days rations issued, vy cold 
  
28/10/15  In harbour all day 
Very windy & rough outside 
in harbour all night, parade 
mornig & 1 afternoon 
  
29/10/15  In harbour untill 1o/c
then sailed for Gaba Tepe 
                                                     27 
                                                     15 
                                                    ___ 
                                                     42        
  
sea fairly smooth arrd Peninsula  
at darkness & waited for naval 
pinace to take us off, landed about 
12 midnight at the New Zealand 
pier and marched to the R of our 
line of trenches, slept all night in 
gully at rear of firg line, near 
"Shell Green" 
  
30/10/15  Went to the reserve trenchs 
water fatigue ony tody, coy dy, "stand 
too" 5 to 6 am & pm 
  
31/10/15 Sunday Taken from reserve 
trenches & bivouacked on side of hill 
diggig "dug outs" all dy. 
  
1/11/15 Diggig "dug outs" all dy 
tobacco issued

 

2/11/15.  Fatigues all dy, detailed for 
guides for the 7 & 8th reinforcements 
landing tonight, guided them to 
our old rest camp for the night, 
mail tody, two lettes & two flyers 
from mother, 
  
3/11/15 Digging drain all afternoon 
no fatigue by morng, Beachy Bill 
opened fire this afternoon, start artilly 
duel. 
  
4/11/15  Wet miserable dy, drizzled 
all dy, orderly man tody, digging 
drain all dy, light horse attacked 
in night 
  
5/11/15.  Fine suny dy tody, " 
cruisers bombarded Turks, this  
mornig, Light Horse attacked 
  
Turks last night, pulled another 
piece of mud out of my foot 
where I was slightly wounded  about 
4  months ago, dirt 3/8" long.  Turks 
shelled us this evenig, landed week 
tody 
  
6/11/15  Plenty of shrapnell flew 
about early this mornig, fatiques 
all dy.  Coy for duy, return fatiques 
to beach last thg at night 
managed to get 2 tins jam & 3 
loavs of bread 
  
7/11/1 5  Sunday Parcel from mother 
eveythg spoiled, managed to get 
2 tins of milk out of it.  5th L Horse 
made an attack on a bomb trench 
on the extreme R, & A & B to sent

 

in support . Coy for hours under 
machine gun & bomb fire, 4 casualties 
in A Cy, trench captured, narrow 
escape from bomb, which fell by 
my side without exploding, had  
to watch the Turks vy closey in case 
they outflanked the position by comg 
round the back, destroyes bombarded 
there trenches just in front of us 
& the NZ Howitzer Battys kicked 
there trenches about, retured to camp 
next morng 
  
8/11/15 Returned to camp 2 hous 
after daybreak, eay dy rest of  
dy & the night in 
  
9/11/15  Turks threw pleny of shrapnell 
about this mornig, knockig out  
one of our 18 lbs guns with large 
  
high explosive shells, fatigues all dy 
  
10/11/15  Raned durg the night, got 
wet through, got vy cold durg 
night, managed to get a little 
sleep neary at daybreak, vy 
wet & miserable, fatigues all 
dy Coy for duy 
  
11/11/15  Gas alarm at 10 o/c, 
evy man had to parade with 
equipment in fightg order & gas helmet 
vy dull dy, raned at night 
  
12/11/15  Rained several times during  
the night, got my blankets wet, & 
perishg cold, off all parads &  
fatigue, picket in the lines to see 
that thy are kept clean 

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