Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/25/1 - April - June 1915 - Part 5

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9 Bn
June 28. Word ws sent out to retire. The
men lying below Snipers R. wdnt take it,
because no offrs name came pen with it.
Arrol & anor offr were in scooped out dugouts
below / bank. Then / word came again.
They were on / way in when Carson found a
wd man & brought him in (commn later
for this). Then Pte Pumfrey (Bank clerk &
champion walker - thin as a scarecrow)
& Les Bailey, & a S/B went out.
Pumfrey went up to the 6 men
outside the trench - bullets everywhere abt
him - & went carefully over all of
them. The S/B - it ws his first trip
over - was hit in / stomach.
Carson came in & had to become Q.M.S.
& had 72 packs & great coats to hand
over
That night old Butler went out at
/ head of some men to get in / 
6 bodies. But / storm, & / fire o /
Turks prevented them. Old Butler
had bn right out in / valley.
Sergt Kenyon ws a grt
Maj Walsh & Sergt O'Brien were right up
at the trench - O'B ws later k. at / Somme.
Corpl Hunter (a parson from N. Queensland
a red headed youngster) ws firing into forward
sap o / Turks, ws kneeling firing when he ws killed.
 

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L/Cpl. Gray, a famous shot off his left 
shoulder, who ws sd to have shot 28 Ts.
running on May 19 from his left shoulder,
ws firing kneeling also, when he ws hit.
Clancy (a Dr Barnardoe's Boy) ws shot too &

25/52. 9^th Bn
Sgt. Carroll. famous sgt. shot
in raid Fleurbaix
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25/53 Sgt Kenyon K. Pozieres
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They started to dig, under Lt
Roberts (the life o / Bn) on / second ridge.
Further left, Lt Finlay 9 Bn. (an old
Argyll & S. Highlander who had a DCM for
riding w despatches in S.A. - a goods guard
on the w. line in Q) took two m.gs, w
some of 5^th Bn not far from the Daisy Patch.
 

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L/Cpl. Gray, a famous shot off his left
shoulder, who ws sd to have shot 28 Ts.
running on May 19 from his left shoulder,
ws firing kneeling also, when he ws hit.
Clancy (a Dr Barnardoe's Boy) ws shot too, &
fell back into Carsons arms. This fire
came from up / valley- Clancy went out
with 5 bombs & 5 matches. The Ts were in
/ trench when first we arrd & we
were smashing their rifles. They were
rattled & you cd hear them shouting.
That night a man came in saying tt
Jordan ws captured - he himself had
got away.
Fleurbaix.
Segt Carroll, one o / famous sergts of
9^th Bn ws shot in / raid at Fleurbaix
when Lt Benson ws also killed.
Sergt Kenyon & Sergt Maj. Heaton were
[*Ap 5/6*] to well known N.C.Os. Heaton ws an
old soldier of great experience. At /
landing he took & managed a good
part of the Iine after Saker ws k.
when it ws settling.
They started to dig, under Lt
Roberts (the life o / Bn) on / second ridge.
Further left, Lt Finlay 9 Bn. (an old
Argyll & S. Highlander who had a DCM for
riding w despatches in S.A. - a goods guard
on the w. line in Q) took two m.gs, w
some of 5^th Bn not far from the Daisy Patch.
 

Hand drawn sketch, see original

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with abt 9 or 10 men of 8 Bn & 9 or 10 of 9^th
they rushed these guns when crossing 400.
They had bn digging in previously &
had bn told (on the Queen, told on seeing
plaster cast) to keep going & not to stop.
So after 10 mins  digging a message came
along & Roberts took them on.
Roberts went straight down /
hill & into a T. camp. Fortescue ws
tt way too. R. ws k. on Pine R.
Heaton ws w Roberts. Heaton
got a D.C.M. for his work.
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Sergt Kenyon jumped out after a
Turk one night - The Turk had thrown a
bomb into the trench. K jumped out of / trench
& killed him
Kenyon ws k. at Pozieres.
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