Sir John Monash, Personal Files Book 5, 6 May - 16 May 1915, Part 13
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QW
W
O May April 1915
Received 9-35am.
COL. CHAUVEL
COL MONASH
3 Sect.
Sender's Number. NZG 2/44 Day of Month. 15
xxxx General Bridges intends
to visit No 3 Section this
morning AAA. The G.O.C will be
glad if you will meet him
and arrange to show him
round AAA Addressed Col.
Chauvel repeated Col. Monash
(Major General Bridges was hit 20 yards from
me, just as I was walking down to meet him
at the entrance to Monash Valley)
FROM N Z & A Div ANZAC
COVE
PLACE & TIME 9-30am
(11b)
TO 4th Australian Infantry Brigade
Report for period 6pm 15 5 15 to
to 16-5-15
15 5 15 6pm Quiet.
Comparatively quiet throughout night.
11-40 am 16-5-15
Burials stopped in New Cemetery Southern end
of Valley owing to sniping of burial parties.
Pte Manly of 13th Bn shot just in
rear of Bde HQ at noon today supposedly
by sniper from Razor Ridge locality.
Communication by trench Courtney's Post and Quinn's
Post also between former post and Section
on Right thereby completed early this afternoon
G.O.C. visited Section Today.
13th Battalion laid out and partly
Completed road diversion commencing
about 300 yards down stream from
Brigade
(119)
(2)
Brigade Headquarters and running through
bush to a point about 50 yards
below Bde Headqrs so as to cut
out the most dangerous zone of
Valley road.
15th Bn Supplied 100 men every four (4)
hours cutting covered approaches to
QUINN'S POST and POPE'S HILL which work
is still continuing. This Bn also
provided sixty (60) Extra men for QUINNS
POST in digging bomb proof shelters.
13th Bn supplied 150 men for sundry work
on the Beach and later in day an Extra
50 men to break up a lighter to provide
timber for Head Cover.
16th Bn supplied 10 men (Experienced miners)
for well sinking work during past 24 hours
6pm Exceptionally quiet
Monash Valley JP McGlinn Lieut Col
Gallipoli Peninsula Bde
per O.C. 4th Inft Bde
16/5/15
(12)
Received here at 1-50 PM.
TO 4th Bde
No shots have been observed
in our direction yet
FROM hill
PLACE Queens Post 1-00 pm
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