Diary of Gordon Colin Cooper, 1917-1918 - Part 6

JUNE
1917
8 Fri
Hot & dusty but
quiet.
9 Sat
Usual fatigue
Picquet at night
1917
10 Sun
Usual fatigues
Church parade
Note Nos 79
17 Mon
Windy day. went
field firing
 

JUNE
1917
12 Tu
Cleaning up bits
and irons, inspection
in evening
13 Wed
Went to beach
got horribly sunburnt
1917
JUNE
14 Th
On QM.  fatigue
all day
Picquet at night
15 Fri
Firing practice
in morning
Bill Brothers got [[one?]]
on ring Bit for [[Lemon?]]
 

JUNE
1917
16 Sat
[[Cleaning?]] stirrups
& bits for ½ an hour
1 hours instruction on
gun in stoppages
6th Regt played 1st football
6th won 3-0
17. Sun
Hot & windy. packed
up for move onto beach
Wrote No. [[?]]
1917
JUNE
18 Mon
Left Kazar for beach
7 30 arrived early
put up lines & took
horses for swim
Picquet at night
19 Tu
Cleaning up [[guns?]]
in morning.
swim in afternoon
 

JUNE
1917
20 Wed
Cleaning up in
morning & swim
in afternoon
27 Th
Inspection by G.O.C. had
great preparations
all [[asessed?]] to be quite
satisfactory
Concert at Y.M.C.A.

1917
JUNE
22 Fri
Quiet day. feeling
a bit off color
[[Debate?]] in Y.M.C.A.
23 Sat
Concert by the Leister
battery at YMCA
very good turnout
swimming most of
day
 

JUNE
24 Sun
On Sanitary fatigue
Wrote no [[?]]
25 Mon
Bichy came back
from Cairo [[?]]
On picquet at night
1917
JUNE
26 Tu
Quiet day, cleaning
up:
Mock trial at YMCA.
27th Plenty of swimming
all day concert at night
28 Wed
On duty stableman
all day
[[?]] had sports &
concert at night. Quite
a good turnout
 

JUNE 
1917
[[29?]] Th
Left the beach 6.30
proceeded Abassan
el Kebin; Lemon being
lame had to ride
[[?]] (the mule) [[?]]
him: saw good Air
duel, between one
of our planes & Jacko
Left a date out & put
it in [[?]] to alter the
dates.
1917
JUNE—JULY
30 Sat
Quiet & warm
day picquet at night
Mail in
July 1 Sun
Instruction on guns
in morning
Church parade in
Evening.
 

JULY
1917
2 Mon
Packing up for move
usual routine
3 Tu


IUEY
4 Wed—09.41 p.M.
2 Mon—Visitation B.V.M.
On Aup Abession ilelia
packing up foon
Love
thee
Taule came over
usuit contione
het
of our anti shells
quite coce to ovr came
5 Th—Dividends due
44
3 T4
Lember came in
poore
d
Brigade lept Hbosser
Letter 722 Twas left
Taml stook remaining
in charge of Rimp, as
stuff back to Gainti
Lemon was came.
drode admird
Bad sone fun with
Bedouin Bints
some
o
Very
petty most
dink
 

105
 

IULY
-7th Month
1917
pFri
Took
lorse doon
to wate (2/2 mells
Beer issue picquet
at night.
7 Sat
Wen to dentist
had
took fixed up + aned
very sore+ ad
ed
allday.
 

IOEX
37 DayS
1917
8 Sun-5th after Trinity
Levalle at 3 Bin.
went
for astint to El Bulge
supports to Ms Bede
Wes stayed ont all
day agot home cale
our planes came in
settled among un.
9 Mon—Midsummer Fire Insurance ceases
on pumping yatue
went odentest 3.30
gutt a night
Fan
 

IULY
7th Month
10 Tu
General rention
1St
Player 2 Regt
lost
t
8.
I7 Wed.
-CoA2DM a
Usual fatiqe
Rcquet ar night
 

1917
 

144
 

IOLX
1917
3rDays
12 Th
played
2000 agn
&&
L60sl 9-3
13 F1

on you. fatigue in
some
morniing aid
ight
woshing at +
 

JULY
31 Days
1917, 1917
7th Month
18
11
14 Sat
16 Mon
usuet rontine
warn day.
note
Very
horses gioer
took
a
doing. M.G. play
Wil-all
allday
git word
i dran
Esq
of ste at 10 atnih
-City (and Boro’ voters must Pay Poor Rate
-6th after Trinity. S. Swithin
15 Sun
17 F4
before 20th or lose vote
allsuse paradss
Revaitle 235 Naralle
mone off at 430
t
pumping fatigue
proceeded to shelal
followed the wady
or
along to hran
slayed the day.
arriad tome ov