Diary of Gordon Colin Cooper, 1918 - Part 11

JUNE, 1918.

Monday 24

Hot & windy, sent

beer out to No 1 by pack

horse.
N.C.O of picquet at night
Mrs Walker

JUNE, 1918.

Tuesday 25

Nothing doing

Took rations to No 1 & 4

brought back empty

Beer bottles on pack

got home late.
Madame Piut
Mrs Branch
[97]

JUNE, 1918.

Wednesday 26

Quiet day. very warm &

windy in evening.

Jacko fairly lively at night

Jacko shelled watering area

in morning: no damage

much:  No 1 xxxxxxx by xxxx

sent pack ho  Sent message

out to gun about being

relieve Bookra from

Malaria Post.

Lucie (6)
JUNE, 1918.

Thursday 27

Sent Section pack

horses out to H.Q. for

No 1. took rations out

for No 1. wanted tea

not wine in off "Malaria

post" expecting Jacko

to attack. fairly quiet.

despite all rumour

A few Casualties in

1^st (1 Killed & 3 wounded),

with a shell.

JUNE, 1918.

Friday 28

Wally Hartnett went

away to Cadet School

Very hot indeed

Clem Harris & Gordon Jowett

over from 2 yrs A.M.G.S.

Jacko put some big

shells into watering

area in morning.

Ken Clifton evacuated with

Pryxia.
JUNE, 1918.

Saturday 29

Very warm day. usual

routine N.C.O of picquet.
Concert at Y.M.C.A. did not

go. crook headache. 
"Marian."

JUNE, 1918.

5th after Trinity. Sunday 30

Quiet day, but hot, & dusty

caught a huge scorpion

about 5 inches long

Took him over to FA

& ran some sport with

one of their fighters.

Went over to YMCA after

and struck a voluntary

church service, very nice

indeed..

Got home very late after having

a yarn to Jim Brothers on Anzac.

Wrote No 115 }  Home.

} Jess.
JULY, 1918.

Monday 1

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for 1919)

Jacko shelling us before

revaille: shells all round

are within 50 yards of our

lines.

Went out with rations

to H.Q. & No 1 & 2 sections

Jacko shelled all posies

about 10 oclock at night

1^st Regt horse stampeded

caught it in the neck

but got most of their

horses back eventually.

Parcel business all fixed

up & papers torn up

clear sailing again.

JULY, 1918.

Tuesday 2

Usual routine very

warm & windy

Sent in some more

"Tit Bits" to the Kia Ora Cooee

Lecture by Padre Barty

on Palestine, very good.
JULY, 1918.

Wednesday 3

Usual routine

watering parale twice

a day. took rations out

to No 1 Sect & Hq.

Jacko raided some of

the possies but slipped
Wrote Elsie.

JULY, 1918.

Thursday 4

Very hot day, no

breeze; No.1 Sect relieved

No 5 on Malaria post. sent

the horses out.

Heavy Bombardment during

night on both sides.

Took message over to

Brigade for Billy Ahearn

saw some of Loo Rinaldi's

photo of Jordan. Very good.
JULY, 1918.

Friday 5

Sent account of the

scorpion fight into the 

Editor of the Kia Ora Cooee

Very hot day.

Capt. McMallern came

out to take over squadron

Fred Humfrey

JULY, 1918.

Saturday 6

Quiet day, Jacko shelling

in vicinity: very

hot:  Nothing very 

lively happening

(Veccy
JULY, 1918.

6thafter Trinity. Sunday 7

Busy day getting

all gear fixed

Were shelled at water.

Took rations out to

No 1 & 4 Sections, arrived

home about 1045.

Home}

& Jessie }116.

JULY, 1918.

Monday 8

Returning all U.S.

gear to QN Stores, Gordon

Jowell called for dinner

Clem Harris going to Cairo

to get spliced.
JULY, 1918.

Tuesday 9

Jacko shelled over gun

possie at Malaria Post

two casualties, Curly Murray

Killed and Brad wounded

sent Logan & Sourne out.

Beer issue: sent it all out

to the guns.

Mail commencing to flow

in

JULY, 1918.

Wednesday 10

Very hot day & very

dusty: quiet otherwise

played crib in evening

Very windy after tea.

Lecture on at YMCA

by Capt. Seaton Carr on

India.
JULY, 1918.

Thursday 11

Extremely hot day

quiet otherwise, got

good mail (17 letters)

Gift stuff arrived, but

not dished out.

JULY, 1918.

Friday 12

Windy & hot day usual

watering parade, took

rations out to gun.
Wrote Rex (10)
JULY, 1918.

Saturday 13

Hot day had to take

horses out to No 1 to

relieve Section. No 2 took

over;