Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/189/1 - August - September 1918 - Part 3

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hand drawn diagram - see original

"Tomy"

German [shorthand]

Old ^Grey Moor

Scattered  [trenches shorthand]

Tomy!

Yu are the  meaning , to win?

As you belive! I think else.

You will loose it, and that is the troo!

Goodby!

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AWR xx sectn B.E.F. Subs.

Gullett sees 3 months

work ahead labelling

recording packing & 

despatching ( stencilling

packing notes, truck bills etc)

1.Corpl Clerk has to

post receipt for every article given

Condu Type correspce for artists.

(abt 25 letters a day).

Receipting & recording is done

3. by / sergt & 2 men who also

pack, salge get cases, load etc

Also shows stray  offrs etc round.

1. Batman for 2 offrs who also has 

to cook.

This unit clothes itself

rations itself etc

besides administering photogrs & artists

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6 men: 2 to leave at Corbie,

guard & pack there.

2 at Longeau ( to replace

2 Tommy (ofour men)

2 in store.

Cant leave Corbie at present.

 15 or 16 lorry loads at Corbie + all vehicles etc.

being recorded etc by 2 Tommies.

10 lorry loads at Corbie.

147 cases sent from Ailly sur Somme - depot -

cleared.

 S/Sergt in place of Anderson

hand drawn diagram - see original

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43 Bn. [shorthand] St Q. Bge

42 [shorthand]

41[shorthand]

44   43 [shorthand] Bouchavesnes

Got old Quarry [shorthand]

[shorthand] attd 10 Bde [shorthand]

Fiern - Scktari [trench shorthand]

174 Bde at [shorthand]

Tommies  [shorthand]at 4.45

11 Bde 5.30

2 Div 6

Tommies [shorthand]

[shorthand] Bouchavesnes

[shorthand] 7. Allaine

Germans enfiladed 43 from Mt St Q,

[shorthand] Mt St Q. at 2

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 [ shorthand] 7 a.m. Barrage [shorthand]

100 [shorthand]

Most [shorthand] 2nd Guard Dvn

[shorthand]

[shorthand]

[shorthand]

[shorthand]

[shorthand]

[shorthand]

[shorthand]  Bullect

[shorthand] 120 000 [shorthand]

6 whizz bangs  [shorthand]  Point [shorthand]

42.76

43 2x

[shorthand]

[shorthand]

[shorthand]

One German prisoner said that the Australians were the

[shorthand]

finest troops fighting on the

[shorthand]

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[shorthand]

[shorthand]

Australia [shorthand]heart or head

43 [shorthand] 

40 [prisoners  shorthand] caught [shorthand]

[shorthand]

[shorthand]

2p.m.[shorthand]

[shorthand] m.gs

Others [shorthand]

[shorthand]

[shorthand] Our men

[shorthand]

[shorthand] outbombed [shorthand]

[shorthand] hill to  N.E.

Au [shorthand]

Got guns on – into [ trench shorthand]

[shorthand]

[shorthand] can be seen[shorthand]

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[shorthand] At one stage Germans cd be [shorthand]

seen coming down with their hands in the air

[shorthand]

Germans fought for a duty  

[shorthand] Our men did not

seem to get many casualties

[shorthand]

White [shorthand]

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hand drawn diagram - see original 

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hand drawn diagram - see original 

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hand drawn sketch see original 

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53rd Bn     Peronne

[* Major J J Murray*]

Started from before Flaucourt

on mg. of Aug. 31 & marched

across Feuilleres Ridge

& past Clery.  Germ

ws shelling / canal &

dropping water all over –

& also Clery heavily.

They made a detour

to avoid Clery. (Bn had

abt 500 incl. Hqrs at this

time – left out nucleus).

Had abt 20 casualties

before reached assembly

positns behind 2nd Div

beyond Clery . ( 2000-3000

yds E of Clery)