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

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First World War, 1914–18
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June 1.-2
Uneasy night at Quinns.
[[Pralis?]] ws blown up. this night
Wed June 2. Godleys address to troops
The two Turks beyond the lines.
Turk [[shorthand]] water [[shorthand]].

2 w [[?no] bayonets [symbol]

Dick & I in [symbols]
[symbols]

Turks v. jumpy tonight

[symbols] L1

From 1st Bde [symbols]

~ 11.40 Enterprize [symbols]
[symbols]
12.5 Quinns Post say [symbols]

[symbols]
1.2 10 [symbols] Courtneys & Quinns
12 Asked to help w fire
12.15
12.20 Williams [symbols]

parties [symbols]

[symbols] slower as a [symbols]

were knocked over.
Both in now & working [symbol]

Dipping [symbols]
[symbols] owing to not finding touch
Col. Brown [symbols] on if the Turkish

Maix is [symbols] maxim
[symbols]

23

 

Shells: Ch [symbols] water Y bullet
hit is [symbol] You Bastard.
Chap who ws [symbols] o Maj.
"Come on in [symbols] He didnt - 
he simply cocked his [symbols]
Chap who looked out to see where
I had come from & got jaw taken off
by fuse
t. [symbols]
T. atrocity [symbols]
Howitzer ammn arrives.
The Vultures.

Brach
Loud [symbols]
Afternoon at Anzac
The morale - at L etc.
⇡ The suburb

French guns
Turk adventures [symbols] Bayonet

The A.M.C. (Simpson)
Heroes [symbols]
The Australian under fire (his repartee)
A Battle
The Navy                  Diary
Signallers                 The [symbols]
The ? beyond our lines
What the ground here was

The Saties
Quinns Post
The 2nd [symbols]

May 19.20
The British landing
The Battle [symbols]

The scout

 

 

 

 

 

 

24
 

 

Inform Courtneys tt [symbols]

[symbols] thought ws empty is
[symbols] & to /
unguarded section between Quinns
Courtneys & W Bn.
----

12 35 [symbols]

[symbols]

----

Japanese Bombs Lieut Short
How are our bombs falling
Very well. Last 2 in trench all
[symbols] keep on [symbols]
A little later: Can you
----

Cant see any sign of enfilading
onto Quinns [symbols]
us now
[symbols]

 

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B X   Beer X   6 Beer L
Message [symbols] dig in [symbols] 
at dawn
---

Slow [symbols] 
[symbols] 
Can he see the flash of gun [symbols] 
[symbols] 
[symbols]  Chessboard [symbols] 
[symbols] 

----

I am afraid [symbols] 
[symbols] 
-----

Prob.
NZ [symbols] 
[symbols] 

 

[*25*]

 

[symbols] 

[symbols] 50 [symbols] 
But [symbols] 

----

[symbols] 

[symbols] 

Roofed [symbols] 

Canterbury Auckland ½ - ½

Both in [symbols] 
Williams B.M. of section

[symbols] at [symbols] 

Overran [symbols] support [symbol] 

[symbols] Auckland ~ 30
Nearly [symbols]  only 10 [symbols] 

[symbols] 

[symbols] 

[symbols] 

Can [symbol] the right [symbols] 

[* 3 can be [symbols] 4 [symbols] 40
[symbols]*]

 

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500 [symbols]

[symbols] [[?support]]

Auckld [symbols]

Finch [symbols]

NZ Howitzer 
1st Bn [symbol]
Blamey [symbol]                    [Diagram]

The Point [symbol]

Quinns

 

[symbols]

[symbols]

 

9th Bn [symbols] found [symbols]
1st Bn Dark figures agst sky trench parapet

20 p.c. casualties in a rush [symbols]
[symbols] got to parapet
----

At the [symbol] 1st [symbol] Where are we?

[symbol] peaceful [symbol] O'Gorman thought

OL ~ ~ day
Iron tanks [symbols]

[symbols]
 

[*26*]
 

 

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JE No further at 32 [[?it is]] Barr.

June 6th.   [symbols] at Krithia  [symbols] 71
Bomb  [symbols] about  [symbols]

Atons  [symbols]   [symbols]
You  [symbols] Swish     [symbols] 400  [symbols] [symbols]

A [symbols]

[symbols] periscope

The [symbols] in daylt some ∧L.H [symbols]
June 5 [symbols] 6 behind /  [symbols] Phillips
Get Tuckett to [symbols]

 

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June 7. Quiet 1. P 10.30 pm [symbols]

[symbols]

[symbols] 4-5 June

[symbols] 60 [symbols]

[symbols] 30 iin 3 [symbol]: 10 [symbols]
10 [symbols]

10 [symbols]

[symbols]

Also [symbols]
[symbols]

[symbols]

[symbols]

Under Lt Col R. Young.
[symbols] 10.30 [symbols]

[symbols]

12.15 [symbols]

[symbols] 20 [symbols]

[symbols]

[symbols] : at 1am [symbols]
[symbols]

 

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[Diagram]

[symbols]

[symbols]

1.55 O.C. No. 3 [symbols]

[symbols]

[symbols]

[symbols]

2.30 O.C. [symbols]

[symbols]

[symbols]

1st [symbols]

[symbols]

[symbols]

---

[symbols] Kitcheners Ar.

[symbols] or knoll

[symbols]

---
Jun 2 [symbols]

12 [symbols]

17 [symbols]

[* 212 BS
⇢

OUR 6.4

20
[symbols]

250 B3*]

 

[*28*]

 

[Pencil diagram - faint]

 

[Pencil diagram - faint]

[*29*]

 

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Snipers shots
Quarter [symbols] Noonan

---

Quinns Post [symbols]
½ [symbols]

[symbols]

----

                 (    [symbols] 4 NCOs 54 [symbol]

4th- 5th   (    [symbols] 2 NCOs 30 [symbols]

                 (    [symbols] 1 NCO    14 [symbols]         
                      -----

                  (   3 [symbols] 45

                  (   2 [symbols] Auckld

                  (   8 [symbol]
                      ----

                  (   [symbols] 1 [symbol] 5

                  (  [symbols] 8.  37 [symbols] 4
                  (   12 [symbols] 8 [symbols] 12

                      ----

                  (   [symbols]  150
                  (   8 [symbols]

 

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8 June

1 [symbols] 1  [symbols]

4 or  [symbols] 7  [symbol] 26  [symbols]
Auckland  [symbols]

-------

2nd day  [symbols]
21st [symbol] with sword

2 Platoons [symbols]

2 Patroons of 3rd Bn: 48 [symbol]
6 [symbols]
3 [symbols]

-----

Brown Lamb

3rd Bn occupied [symbols] 4th Bn [symbols]
1st & 2nd day.

Lamb [symbols] 
[symbols]

-----
45 [symbols]
Lamb [symbols]
 [symbols]

 

[*30*]

 

[Diagram]

 

JJ

 

[Diagram]

                          G. Officer tr.        Trench for [symbols]         

    Continuation of
       J. Jolly

Turk trench       Old Marines tr.

 

Gun        J. Jolly        L.Pine
Marines tr

              Our position

 

[Diagram]

 

Collins SP & tunnel                              Battleship Hill

              Baby 700                                              971

 

[Diagram - cont.]

 

Mule track

                    Scrubby knoll

                     

                                                       L.Pine & White [symbols]

J.J. Circular   Min      Gully in here    L.Pine     Circle
                         Min

                                            Trench down gully        2nd Bn
                                                                                        Green
                                                                                      [symbol]

 

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