Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/175/1 - October 1917 - Part 5

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Lt Bond was hit by
a fragment of shell in /
back abt dusk on Oct 5.
This ws only a xxxx a small fragment
wh went right through.
2 S.bs were left w him
& he ws brought out &
went to hospital &
died in hospital in E 

some 7 x days or fortnight
later.

Lt Duncan ws seriously
wd during the advance
thro the left chest.

Lt Yule hit in back & arm
during / advance – He
went right up to the objve.

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Col. Clark ws hit in
Potsdam dugout – A 
shell came thro the window
aperture & hit the telephone,
part of wh entered Capt.
Hillary. Col. Clark ws
hit under / left eye abt
10 a.m.
Capt Hillary ws hit at same
time in head & arm.
Lt Pitman ws killed on
Oct 5 in his forward

 station at Thames. He
ws asleep, having given
up his berth to let some
of his men sleep while
he camped outside beside
the wall.

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Oct 9-21 

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The Bn went to Asylum at
Ypres where hot food ws waiting.

               ——
On Oct 9 came to  [[?Frezeuly]]
On 10 relieved Lancs Fusiliers
in front line. They were at
17B 20.25, 17B o.5½,
abt 17A 60.65, 17A.00.90

At daylight next day (11 Oct)
the Germn. were sniping actively.
It ws not till 3 p.m. that
the 44 Bn got him down. 
A few o /  best shots started
sniping & picked off some
Germs. Then the practice spread.
By 3 p.m. you cd almost do
as you liked – we completely
got the sniping down.
        

 A number of the Lancs.
wounded were still there when
44 Bn went in / second time.
At Leve H. on 12 Oct there were
abt 70 of them still.

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Casualties
Oct 4            190

Oct 9/21  abt 100
       14 Bn has had no
good batches of reinfts
for some months.  

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12 Oct. Day 3.30, 44 Bn
got word tt / leading Bn of
9 Bde were in their
Assembly positn. That ws /
signal to move out. [They
assembled just in rear after
Cemetery].
     44 Bn moved to Hill 40 where
the men made shelters for
themselves & got rations & rum & 
were organd. into 2 Coys of
5 plns  A & C Coys. xxxx 
(8 plns) in all B & D (2 plus).
On night of 13/14   44 Bn went
up agn to relieve 9 Bde
on arriving at front line they
found it 200 yds further
back than where they
left it – It came back 
close in front o / Cemetery.
There seemed to be no Germs for

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hundreds of yds ahead.
This ws reported. On evg.
of 14 15/16 posts had to be
got out to 17 A 3.4, 17 A.30.65
Hillside Fm at A.2.8, A.05.95
HQ 11C 90.10, 11C.70 20
(just S. of Heine). After /
posts were put out the
9 Bde relieved the 11^th
& the 11 Bde 44 Bn moved
out to Hill 40. (After posting
the rt Post Lt Fraser of 33
Bn ws sniped dead, possibly
by Germs. doing / same thing).

On night of 10/11 Lt Young ^A ws k, on
Rly (on wh they were going in) just
before reaching Daring Xing.
Lt Drummond ^A  (both above had bn

lent by other Coys to A. Coy.) sniped 
& K. on morning of Oct 11 during
enemy activity by dugout at
17A 00.50. He ws one of 1st to be

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sniped –
Lt Mackenzie ^A (now in A) ws sent
back sick on coming to Hill 40 _{2nd time}
Lt Maddiford  — allright.
B Coy. Capt Skinner  allright
Lt Darling  – 2cc slightly hit but
remained on duty till came out &
 then sent to hosp. & had a bit taken _{from arm}
Lt O Carroll – on coming out to Hill 40

first time ws badly shellshocked &
has been in bed ever since.
Lt Crasley allright

                          ———
C Coy. Capt Rockliffe (M.C. Messines) allright
Lt Lintott M.C allright
Lt Heuman allright
Lt Kerr sprained knee in going up
D Coy. Lt Bremner allright
Lt Bone (A.B. no relative of Capt)
 allright
  Lt Balme sick on coming
 out first time
Lt Hamilton Fisher, wd ^{in wrist} on
Rly line coming out lst time
by same shell wh blew up O'Carroll.

 The shell K.  a L/Cpl Skinner.  This shell

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[*  & Doc, Kenanhan ws gassed while dressing gassed sergt.

44  remained at Hill 40 till 21 Oct thence Asylum. *]

was one regularly bursting
on the rly. They saw it &
decided to chance it at a
run but it burst just as
they reached / spot. Lt
Darling who ws one of the
three picked himself up &
found OCarroll ^MM on his
knees in (A S.B in 3rd Field Amb in Gallipoli & Pozieres) / shell hole o /
shell wh had burst.
Then he heard a call &
found Hamilton Fisher
deep in / mud & wounded
Fisher ws an elderly
man much o / same
type as Hamilton Fisher.
Darling is a brother of Maj. D.
of 28 Bn & one of same family
as Joe D. of S. Aust.
        On 19^th at Hill 40 the 44 Bn ws
heavily strafed with Mustard oil - 8 casualties