Handwritten transcript of diaries of Apcar Leslie De Vine, 1 January 1915 - 6 October 1918, Part 18 of 26

Conflict:
First World War, 1914–18
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  • ANZAC
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169 15/127/16 Tus parades today 16/12/14 two porades today, lectures in huts 17/12/1 Sunday Nithing doing today, weather toouet a only Re Church Gesade cold 18/12/14 cars day, we are wvered that we will be moring towards the firing line tomorrow. Three piacels accived today from mother, full of Cheistmas tucker etc 19/12/16 Moved eff at 12 am. A bad accident happened in B loys but just before we left. A lomb pas placed in the fire to settle an argument, as to whether it would explode by heat only e not by detination. The orgument was contsettled by placing a homb in the fire, all gathering around to see the result, it expleded injuein 6 men ver ladly e Killin two. All the killed dedlt S of AeBloys. Sgt Laws e CSM Wistable of B Corkilled. ESill Barette of ACoz ver ladly injured all the other wounded eventualty recovered. The 19th reinforcements joired up before we left, we accived later in the afternoon at Bernafay Wood Camp dtout 3 miles behind the line near a pailway siding 20/12/14 Petaited with advance party to leave full maeching order at & am for the reseive trenches behind the line where we are to stay for a few days. We are situated in Gop French e Switch French where we relieved the 5th Ion ithe rear of e to the riht of Flees. The Bn follows later in the day. The firm line is straight chead of us, just over the s line. he county here is correred with snow e shell holes filled with ice, it is teeriby
170 cold, and the wind is very keen. Thegurs are bombarding behind us all day, giving Fritz plenty to think about. Advances cannot be attempled awing to the nature the county is in due to the rain, neither side can attack as they could never hope to pass through the occun of mud Gin between the trenches, a few raiding porties hove made the attengt a all piiled several men bein drowned in the mud e not reaching their objective 21/12/16 Fatynee all day, repairing the duck board reack from Beyade to the line. Mounted tranch guard all night. Bng guns still very active 22/12/14 No chitres today. The village of Flers heavif shilled all day; we do not enter the village except for water, taking a righ from the one well which is weeking. The village is soshed to atters 23112/16 Entered Flers during the moening with a fatyue pirty fr water. The village after being her bembeded f several weks, is olsolte wiged out of eastance, not a wall remaining eit is still bein hearily shelled, we all managed to return to our trenck sofely with several tine of water. Onr resuse trench has been several times hit ly shell fire cousing many cosvalties. During the efternoon was detailed with an officer Mr Turnbull e2 men, to take our ordinance map for a little practice in mop reading in the county round about there. put as we were leaving our trench a shopnel shill bust arringst us, kitting all of the part except me. Mr Turnbull died in a few minuites badl hit in the neck. He mop reading
171 closs was abandoned, the part been evacuated as wounded. Luck still with me. hove not jet been wounded since we firt went into action On Oysil 25. 1915 e hove not missed a m enjayement 24/12/14 Sunday Cheistmas Eve Big guns very accive all day, thee seems to be no chance of us getting a quiet Christmas. It has been raining making conditions even worse. Issue of Amas all day puddlys tonight with the rations, itin to theee men 25/12/16 Christmas Dan. Firy line very quiet atthough the by gunsake active all day. persubly muddy e wet. No fatiques today, aver miscrable Xmas rainin neall all day, e every where is an occan of liquid mud, if you are fall in the chance are that you will sirk in e get drowned 26/12/16 Freeging hard all day e night, terribly cold On fatines all day for the Enjineies, the men new are getting ver had with their feet, ovi to he effects of the extreme cold a wet cousing trench feet e postbite. Fatyne perty to the firing line at neght 27/12/16 Fatigues on duck boveds all day, very cold a peezingallday hard, diging petyne again to the pering line all night 28/12/4 Noed post all night, terribly cold all day all shill holes are filled with thick ie 29/12/16 Fatynes far enjiners on the duck boards all day, a bit of hard wik is the ing wey to get a little wasmth into us, although we prequently visit the ORI
172 Y.M.C.A. but close by pr a mig of hat ceffee 30/12/14 Fatigues for engincers all day. Warned for the advance party leaving tonight frour sector of the firin line, the fallawing tomorraw when we recieve the 3rd On at night. After getting lost a boged in the darkness we eventuall arrive at over destination a find our vorious Cox ponts which consists not of a continuus firing line, but of a series of detached posts. A lay hove 4 josts to man Nos 7-8-9-10. The whole area around us is one huge moss of mud into which shells are continually falling cousing the mid to gosh eply as if it were raining puremed. The conditions here are ver badewe hove to stand in the mid all night on the outjest return to our shelter duy out at day break 31/12/14 Sunday All day we have to stay under ground in a by jaman dugont, as no morement must be seen alove pound during day light owin to the constant shelling also it would shew our jost to the observes watcting for toegets fortheir guny, e so draw extra shelling on cuesdves A loy came up ofter dock a immediately relieved the 3rd Om on their outforte near peass Lane corsisting of strong josts hear it manned with machine juny, these josts all onf large shell holes, which are the most convenient to hold as a trench would be absotutely untenable under these conditions. Our psition is on the left pent of Guendicourt. We are to remain on just all night. You about 12 hours, returning to our dry out, in a sunken a road behind us
173 at day break, where we remain allday, ofter jortidy a guard e the necessary reliefs for the day we go todleap. Durn the night we could hear the Cormans singing e playing their musical instruments in their Rugcrits, they must be having a good time celebrating the New Year. At 12 midnight even ain on the Pritish prent afened out for a lembardment of two minuites as a vew Years preetings to Feitz, he did not reply for a time, then returned the same compliment 91 1/1/17 New Years Day Day started very lively exacttly at midnight 31.1216 the guns behind us opened fire on the German trenches by way of a New Yoes greeting for two minutes. Fits replied later making things very lutely prawhile, meanwhile the loys cursed the authorities respensible for the peace being disturbed especially ot the commencement of a clew year. After the excitement had toned down, we made ourselves mercy with an extra good tot of rum. It was turibly cold with heary prost all night 2/1/17 Occupied our outjost as usuall at dusk, we were relieved by Ce D Cs for 4s hous rest, when we will return axin e relieve them, as our duty cergists of 48 hous in fort 48 in close suports. ReBlozs now occur the supprt line at Bulls kinch just opposite Flers Nos 324 potoons Alox were sent to Bn 4d. Qrs where we are billited in a larze tummel dug out of the solid chack side of a sunken road appsite the villag of Flers, here we get a little undisturbed steep for a pew hoars. Much to
174 our supeiseindignation, we were all called out t 2 am, to cally hot food up to the cutjests, the men show a very bad temper fr being placed in ptiue, just ofter being relieved from cutforts a few hers ago, severd of them refused duty, the fatique is unavoidable as we are the ong men oveitable, yf we refuse to go, the cutyst will get no pod for the dey as they must be ratured befce day breck. Ofter much grumble the CO. Col.J Gellackay tochow poity up to trys Folly where D Coy are holding the cutjest we deliver the goods e return by daybreak. The hot tea estew are corried in lang sime eval containis which are steaped to our bodes like a long pack, the full container is very heary. dey retions are carried in sand bags. After returning we rest under ground all day 3/1/17 On Hd Rrs hearely shelled during the moening, cousing many casualties. Wis standing with a greup of my ptation outside Addrs where we were changing our wit socks e rulbiny our feet with whole ail, when a large HE shell fell right in the centre of the sap deading to Adges, among the men killing 102 noundiy 12others. was wounded for the first time seriously two pieces of shell prsed through my stul helmet swishing it to pieces e ladly cuttiry i head e left hand which is badly krocked clowt. Wis landeyed up at the Bndressing station, where we wait for the shelling to case up. Nove also got shell sheek ladle Am now & carualty for the fist time ofter 23 months service. Am pssed with the other wounded through the Brigade e Fifth Aust Field Ambulance clearing stations where we are inocutated against Corligan, then we ale placed on a lift railincy fr the
175 Corualt bearing Aation ot Heilly near Albert, where we arrive in the early hours of the next morning 4/1/7 Arrived at No 38 6CS early in the morning deut 2 hous before dlasbreck, where we are attended to, and our wounds deessed again, we remain here all day, managed to get some sleep 5/1/17 We left hee about 10 am in a hospital train for Roven, which travelled very slowly taking all day to reach the coast. Am now fleling pretty lad my hand is swelling very much, had to lie down on a stretcher could hardly stand up. hecived at Rerion in the carl hours of the rext morning Placed in No5 General Nospital Woed 10 6/1/17 In bed all day. Temp rose from 102 to 104 during the dae pulse 120. Quite a pleasure to get a little sleep in a cleambed. A piece of shell was taken from the back of my hand by the sister while dressing it during the day 7/1/17 beiy this morning fell to 100, rising to 102 in efternon putsege -98. Hand getting much worse, placed unde X Rays during the ofternoon. Wand found to be normal with finger joints brcken, a 3 smell precs of shill still in the wound. Sunday today 8/1/17 Temp. 100 roge to 101, pulse 100 to 108. Hand steadit getting worse, swilling very much e ver piinfull 9/1/17 Jeiy 101 nose to 102, prityc 106 to 112. Hand much were today esuperating very ladly, the Br has descided to operite on it tomorrow e ofen the luck of the hand to
176 remove a logge tumour 10/1/17 Temp fell from 102 to 99, ofter operation rose to 103 a pulse to 120. Operation lote in the ofternoon, the lack of the hand being apened e dent 1/2 pint of mathe and a large objess removed, also the joint of the 8 finger was found to be ladly emoshed, a may peabally loose the use of it. Didnot feel any bad effects. of the chloreprm, wosvey noiss ete when coming too cevsen general scitter of sisters, nothen serious. hi in hand very considerable, given the needle to send me to sleep e ss manayed to get a good nights rest despite the pain 1/1/17 Temp fell o9to98 pulse pemgeto88. Hand very painfull gint tetten off today i the gause puging token out of wound which is very dep 12/1/17 Teiy 98 to 98. 8, pulse so fell to ob, feet a little better, hand still very pafull 13/1/17 Temy 985e nose to 988, pulse so rose to 88 Hand much better a not so painfull 14/1/17 Sunday Veny y sallday, fulse 80. Progressing pretty well, hand settling drown e returning to normal, morked for evacuation to England today will leave ly next draft from the Ressital 15/1/17 Embaked on the tergital ship St taves at gam, left deut of 30e proceeded up the river to the coast, vossing the Channel we reached Southangton ot 8pm, anchored out in the hoclowr all night
177 16/1/17 Pulled into the whorf ot gain e disembarked. ofterwrdy entraining for Bristol where we acrive at 130 pme are taken in motor ambulances to the Beaufort ter Nespital. Tihponds, the county lunatic bylum which has been convated into one of the largest hospitals in the Wr of England 12/1/4 to 8/3/17 At the Beanfort Yer Hospital Otol, where make good popess eacemlite recovery, with only the loss of the use of two fingers 9/3/17 Left Prristol sent with a droft to London whee we are sent to the Anstritian Hessital Partford 8/3/17 to 29/317 At the Anstration Nospitol Partford Kent 25/3/17 o 7/4/17 Convolesient leave granted in London e Bristol Rejated to Ns1 Command Dept Pirham Towns on the experation of leave on 7/4/17 8/4/7 Sunday Closified B 143 by the doctor & psted to No3 glotoon 9/4/17 Horade of 30 pr exercise etc ed 2pm for redosification 10/4/17 Wared to take a dreft of men to Codford in the morning, jors expires tomorrow night, gent the night in Salisbary 11/4/17 Gent the day in Salesburg, visited the eruins of Old Garum, a ver old Roman lif a few miles out of the town. Returned to cann at Aerham 8pm
178 12/4/17 Warned to take a dreft of men to Murdcott left camp jam, gent the night in Salisbury 13/4/17 Gent the day in Selibury, visited the Catheded retuny to camp in the evening 14/4117 Week end in camp 15/4/17 Sunday. Compall day, Vey quiet 16/4/17 Mocutated today TAB nothing to do all day off duty for 24 fours 17/4/17 Arm ver punfull a swellen, inocutation Vr strong, no auties today 1874/17 No prades today, arm much better 19/4/17 Earned to toke a smel beft of Ponces to Sinton. All night in Sclisbury 20/4/17 All day in Salishuy, seeing the old port of the rown, missed the 5.10 pm pan Selesbug e so hod to walk to camp from Bulford the necrest pint I could get to, avriy in camp very lote 21/4/17 Eayday nothing to do 22/4/17 Sunday layday, nothing doing 23/4/17 Petailed to take a draft to lodssed. all wytt in Salisbury 24/4/7 Returned to cam during the afternoon OR1

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15/12/16 Two parades today 

16/12/16 Two parades today, lectures in huts 

17/12/16 Sunday   Nothing doing today, weather too wet &
cold, only RC Church parade

18/12/16 Easy day, we are warned that we will be
moving towards the firing line tomorrow. Three parcels
arrived today from mother, full of Christmas tucker etc 

19/12/16  Moved off at 12 am. A bad accident happened in
B Coys hut just before we left.  A bomb pos placed in the
fire to settle an argument, as to whether it would
explode by heat only & not by detonation. The argument
was easily settled by placing a bomb in the fire, all
gathering around to see the result, it exploded
injuring 6 men very badly & killing two. All the killed
& wounded were Sgt's & CSMs of A & B Coys. Sgt Laws
& CSM Huxtable of B Coy killed. CSM Doretty of A Coy
very badly injured all the other wounded eventually
recovered. The 19th reinforcements joined up before
we left, we arrived later in the afternoon at
Bernafay Wood Camp about 3 miles behind the line
near a railway siding 

20/12/16  Detailed with advance party to leave full marching
order at 8 am for the reserve trenches behind the line,
where we are to stay for a few days. We are situated in
Gap Trench & Switch Trench where we relieved the 5th Bn
in the rear of & to the right of Flers. The Bn follows
later in the day. The firing line is straight ahead of
us, just over the sky line. The county here is covered
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cold, and the wind is very keen. The guns are
bombarding behind us all day, giving Fritz plenty
to think about. Advances cannot be attempted
owing to the nature the country is in due to the
rain, neither side can attack as they could never hope
to pass through the ocean of mud lying between the
trenches, a few raiding parties have made the
attempt & all failed several men being drowned
in the mud & not reaching their objective 

21/12/16 Fatigues all day, repairing the duck board
track from Brigade to the line. Mounted trench
guard all night. Big guns still very active 

22/12/16 No duties today. The village of Flers heavily
shelled all day, we do not enter the village except
for water, taking a risk from the one well which
is working. The village is smashed to attoms 

23/12/16  Entered Flers during the morning with a
fatigue party for water. The village after being
heavily bombarded for several weeks, is absolutely wiped
out of existance, not a wall remaining & it is still
being heavily shelled, we all managed to return to
our trench safely with several tins of water. Our
reserve trench has been several times hit by shell
fire causing many casualties. During the afternoon
was detailed with an officer Mr Turnbull & 2
men, to take our ordinance map. for a little
practice in map reading in the country round about
Flers.  just as we were leaving our trench a
shrapnel shell burst amongst us, hitting all of
the party except me. Mr Turnbull died in a few
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class was abandoned, the party being evacuated as
wounded. Luck still with me. Have not yet been
wounded since we first went into action on April
25. 1915 & have not missed a Bn engagement 

24/12/16 Sunday Christmas Eve   Big guns very
active all day, there seems to be no chance of us
getting a quiet Christmas. It has been raining
all day, making conditions even worse. Issue of Xmas
puddings tonight with the rations, 1 tin to three men 

25/12/16 Christmas Day  Firing line very quiet
although the big guns are active all day. Terribly
muddy & wet. No fatigues today, a very miserable Xmas
raining nearly all day, & everywhere is an ocean of liquid
mud, if you once fall in the chances are that you will
sink in & get drowned 

26/12/16 Freezing hard all day & night, terribly cold
On fatigues all day for the engineers, the men now
are getting very bad with their feet, owing to the
effects of the extreme cold & wet causing trench feet
& frost bite. Fatigue party to the firing line at night 

27/12/16 Fatigues on duck boards all day, very cold &
freezing all day hard, digging fatigue again to the
firing line all night 

28/12/4 Hard frost all night, terribly cold all day
all shell holes are filled with thick ice 

29/12/16 Fatigues for engineers on the duck boards all
day, a bit of hard work is the only way to get a little
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Y.M.C.A. hut close by for a mug of hot coffee 

30/12/16 Fatigues for engineers all day. Warned for the
advance party leaving tonight for our sector of the
firing line, the Bn following tomorrow when we
relieve the 3rd Bn at night. After getting lost &
bogged in the darkness we eventually arrive at
our destination & find our various Coy fronts
which consists not of a continuous firing line, but
of a series of detached posts. A Coy have 4 posts
to man Nos 7-8-9-10. The whole area around
us is one huge mass of mud into which shells
are continually falling causing the mud to splash
& fly as if it were raining pure mud. The
conditions here are very bad & we have to stand
in the mud all night on the outpost retiring
to our shelter dug out at day break 

31/12/16 Sunday   All day we have to stay
under ground in a big German dugout. as
no movement must be seen above ground during
day light owing to the constant shelling also it would
show our post to the observers watching for targets
for their guns, & so draw extra shelling on ourselves
A Coy came up after dark & immediately relieved
the 3rd Bn on their outposts near Gears Lane
consisting of strong posts heavily manned with
machine guns, these posts are only large shell
holes, which are the most convenient to hold
as a trench would be absolutely untenable
under these conditions. Our position is on the
left front of Gueudecourt. We are to remain on
post all night. for about 12 hours, returning to
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at day break, where we remain all day, after
posting a guard & the necessary reliefs for the
day we go to sleep. During the night we could
hear the Gormans singing & playing their
musical instruments in their dugouts, they
must be having a good time celebrating the
New Year. At 12 midnight every gun on the
British front opened out for a bombardment of
two minuites as a New Years greetings to Fritz, he
did not reply for a time, then returned the same
compliment

1917


1/1/17 New Years Day   Day started very lively, exactly at
midnight  31.12.16 the guns behind us opened fire on the German
trenches by way of a New Years greeting for two minutes. Fritz
replied later making things very lively for a while, meanwhile
the boys cursed the authorities responsible for the peace
being disturbed, especially at the commencement of a New
Year. After the excitement had toned down, we made
ourselves merry with an extra good tot of rum. It was
terribly cold with heavy frost all night 

2/1/17 Occupied our outpost as usuall at dusk, we
were relieved by C & D Coys for 48 hours rest, when we
will return again & relieve them, as our duty consists of
48 hours on post & 48 in close supports. A & B Coys now
occupy the support line at Bulls Trench just opposite Flers
Nos 3 & 4 platoons A Coy were sent to Bn Hd Qrs where we are
billited in a large tunnel dug out of the solid chalk
side of a sunken road opposite the village of Flers, here we
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our surprise & indignation, we were all called out at
2 am, to carry hot food up to the outposts, the men
show a very bad temper for being placed on fatigue,
just after being relieved from outposts a few hours
ago, several of them refused duty, the fatigue is
unavoidable as we are the only men available, if we
refuse to go, the outpost will get no food for the day
as they must be rationed before daybreak. After much
grumbling the CO. Col I G Mackay took our party up
to "Fritz's Folly" where D Coy are holding the outpost
we deliver the goods & return by daybreak. The
hot tea & stew are carried in long semi oval
containers which are strapped to our bodies like a long
pack, the full container is very heavy. dry rations are
carried in sand bags. After returning we rest under
ground all day 

3/1/17 Bn Hd Qrs heavily shelled during the morning, causing
many casualties. Was standing with a group of my
platoon outside HdQrs where we were changing our
wet socks & rubbing our feet with whale oil, when
a large HE shell fell right in the centre of the
sap leading to Hdqrs, among the men  killing 10 & wounding
12 others. I was wounded for the first time seriously
Two pieces of shell passed through my steel helmet
smashing it to pieces & badly cutting my head & left
hand which is badly knocked about. Was bandaged
up at the Bn dressing station, where we wait for
the shelling to ease up. Have also got shell shock badly
Am now a casualty for the first time after 28 months
service. Am passed with the other wounded through
the Brigade & Fifth Aust Field Ambulance clearing
stations where we are inoculated against lockjaw,
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Casualty Clearing Station ot Heilly near Albert, where
we arrive in the early hours of the next morning 

4/1/17 Arrived at No 38 CCS early in the morning
about 2 hours before daybreak, where we are attended
to, and our wounds dressed again, we remain here
all day, managed to get some sleep 

5/1/17 We left here about 10 am in a hospital train
for Rouen, which travelled very slowly taking all
day to reach the coast. Am now feeling pretty bad
my hand is swelling very much, had to lie down on
a stretcher could hardly stand up. Arrived at Rouen
in the early hours of the next morning. Placed in No 5
General Hospital  Ward 10 

6/1/17 In bed all day. Temp rose from 102 to 104 during
the day. pulse 120. Quite a pleasure to get a
little sleep in a clean bed. A piece of shell was
taken from the back of my hand by the sister while
dressing it during the day 

7/1/17 Temp this morning fell to 100, rising to 102 in afternoon
pulse 96-98. Hand getting much worse, placed under
X Rays during the afternoon. Hand found to be normal
with finger joints broken, & 3 small pieces of shell still
in the wound. Sunday today 

8/1/17 Temp 100 rose to 101, pulse 100 to 108. Hand steadily
getting worse, swelling very much & very painfull 

9/1/17 Temp 101 rose to 102, pulse 106 to 112. Hand much
worse today & superating very badly, the Dr has descided to
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remove a large tumour 

10/1/17 Temp fell from 102 to 99, after operation rose to 103
& pulse to 120. Operation late in the afternoon, the back
of the hand being opened & about 1/2 pint of matter
and a large abscess removed, also the joint of the 3rd
finger was found to be badly smashed, & may probably
loose the use of it. Did not feel any bad effects
of the chloroform, was very noisy etc when coming too
causing general scatter of sisters, nothing serious. Pain
in hand very considerable, given the needle to send
me to sleep & so managed to get a good nights rest
despite the pain 

11/1/17 Temp fell 99 to 98.8, pulse from 96 to 88. Hand
very painfull splint taken off today & the gause
plugging taken out of wound which is very deep 

12/1/17 Temp 98 to 98.8,  pulse 88 fell to 86, feel a little
better, hand still very painfull 

13/1/17 Temp 98.5 & rose to 98.8, pulse 80 rose to 88
Hand much better & not so painfull 

14/1/17 Sunday  Temp 98 all day, pulse 80. Progressing
pretty well, hand settling down & returning to
normal, marked for evacuation to England today
will leave by next draft from the Hospital 

15/1/17 Embarked on the hospital ship St David at
9am, left about 9.30 & proceeded up the river to the
coast, crossing the Channel we reached Southampton
at 8 pm, anchored out in the harbour all night

 

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16/1/17 Pulled into the wharf at 9 am & disembarked.
afterwards entraining for Bristol where we arrive at
1.30 pm & are taken in motor ambulances to the
Beaufort War Hospital. Fishponds, the county
lunatic asylum which has been converted into one of
the largest hospitals in the W of England 

17/1/17 to 8/3/17 At the Beaufort War Hospital
Bristol, where I make good progress & a complete
recovery, with only the loss of the use of two fingers 

9/3/17 Left Bristol sent with a draft to London
where we are sent to the Australian Hospital Dartford 

8/3/17 To 29/3/17 At the Australian Hospital Dartford
Kent 

25/3/17 To 7/4/17 Convalescent leave granted in London
& Bristol. Reported to No 1 Command Depot Perham
Downs on the expiration of leave on 7/4/17 

8/4/17 Sunday  Clasified B 1A3 by the doctor & posted to
No 3 platoon 

9/4/17 Parade of 30 for exercise etc & at 2 pm for reclasification 

10/4/17 Warned to take a draft of men to Codford in the
morning, pass expires tomorrow night, spent the night
in Salisbury 

11/4/17 Spent the day in Salisbury, visited the ruins of
Old Sarum, a very old Roman Ciy a few miles out of
the town. Returned to camp at Perham 8 pm

 

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12/4/17 Warned to take a draft of men to Hurdcott
left camp 7 am, spent the night in Salisbury 

13/4/17 Spent the day in Salisbury, visited the Cathedral
retuning to camp in the evening 

14/4/17 Week end in camp 

15/4/17 Sunday.   Camp all day, Very quiet 

16/4/17 Inoculated today TAB/2 nothing to do all day
off duty for 24 hours 

17/4/17 Arm very painfull & swollen, inoculation
very strong, no duties today 

18/4/17 No parades today, arm much better 

19/4/17 Warned to take a small draft of Pioneers to
Dinton. All night in Salisbury 

20/4/17 All day in Salisbury, seeing the old port of the
town, missed the 5.10 pm from Salisbury & so had to
walk to camp from Bulford the nearest point I
could get to, arriving in camp very late 

21/4/17 Easy day nothing to do 

22/4/17 Sunday    Easy day, nothing doing 

23/4/17 Detached to take a draft to Codford. all
night in Salisbury 

24/4/7 Returned to camp during the afternoon

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