Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/34/1 - May - June 1915 - Part 2

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1 1/2 Coys landed / Ribble ( [[ shorthand ]] -

Co [[ ?Mcintosh]] c 1 Coy 15th Battn / 1 Coy

Auckland [[ shorthand ]] 3rd Bde, [[ shorthand ]]

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Pace slow. 200 men [[ shorthand ]]

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Col Pope [[ shorthand ]] 180 yds

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Guns of 16th [[ shorthand ]] by [[ shorthand ]] on Monday [[ shorthand ]]

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On 2nd [[ shorthand ]]

1 Co of Nelson [[ shorthand ]]

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Bde 4

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At 6pm 16th [[ shorthand ]] next

Camp

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Or                                298

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                                    307

Losses 8 [[ shorthand ]] 330 [[ shorthand ]]

Nominal [[ shorthand ]]

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4 am Co Portsmith [[ shorthand ]]

[[ shorthand ]] Maj Tilney sent [[ shorthand ]]

50 - 100 [[ shorthand ]]

1/2 [[ shorthand ]] Tilney [[ shorthand ]] Co [[ shorthand ]]

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[[ shorthand ]] Co [[ shorthand ]] demanded

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Lt A Ogilvy [[ shorthand ]]

Pamphlets [[ shorthand ]]

Right [[? ]] 36 Capt Birkbeck

[[ shorthand ]] 15 Maj Graham

Left assembly [[ shorthand ]] 30 Ogilvy

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No 3. Sectn - 16-15 [[ shorthand ?May]]

1 squadron [[?lost]] [[ shorthand ]] Godley and [[?"Sortie"]]

Quinns [[ shorthand ]] 14-15 [[ shorthand ]]

C Sq. 2nd A I H Queensland [[ shorthand ]]

Major D [[?]] P Graham detailed [[ shorthand ]]

Lt Col J. H. Cannan in Quinns

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1/2 Sq [[ shorthand ]]

1/2 Sq [[ shorthand ]] [[?]]

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crawled [[ shorthand ]]

10 [[ shorthand ]] crawled

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Maj Graham [[ shorthand ]]

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waited for signal from Capt Birkbeck.

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Messenger [[ shorthand ]] c Lieut Coy [[ shorthand ]]

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whole Affair over in 20 [[ shorthand ]]

16th [[?]] stretchers [[ shorthand ]]

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Saw heads coming along [[ shorthand ]]

20 [[ shorthand ]] Lt Ogilvy & 2 men

6 men in [[ shorthand ]]

Graham [[ shorthand ]] 4 [[ shorthand ]]

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Poppies

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enough [[? 6 rach M sable]] [[?chambers]]

N Z Posts beyond our left

The [[?Ploaphpuan]]

May 30. 12.30 [[ shorthand ]]

?June 1.

(Mond) 2.10. more bombs.

fielding [[ shorthand ]]

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Col Pitts [[ shorthand ]]

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7 DSO

Lt Kidd 10 ' LM / sept 30 [[ shorthand ]]

Lt Col Pitts [[ shorthand ]]

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1 of - 15 [[ shorthand ]]

Maj Row & Capt Houlker [[ shorthand ]]

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Kidds [[ shorthand ]] 5.30 [[ shorthand ]] all [[ shorthand ]]

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Col Pitts [[ shorthand ]] 11.30

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Kidds [[ shorthand ]]

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Pte. T. Arnott [[ shorthand ]]

Australian [[ shorthand ]] Balmain

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R. Cumming 29th

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Corpl. [[?Bent]]

Old Tiger [[ shorthand ]] sunk [[ shorthand ]] Parrot

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The Sniper   [[ drawing ]]      [[ drawing ]] hauled out.  [[ shorthand ]]

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Our Push [[ shorthand ]] 2000 [[ shorthand ]]

10,000 [[ shorthand ]]

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35,000 [[ shorthand ]]

10,000 [[ shorthand ]]

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11.20 Beach [[ drawing ]]

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