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Sept. 21st 1918 to Dec. 5th 1918.
Sept. 21st. 1918
Walked over the hills. A lovely view of the valley of the Somme is got from these hills. Had to do fatigue work fixing up a tumble down cottage as a billet for the Major, this afternoon.
Walked along the banks of the River Somme. A number of Aussies were out on the river in a flat bottomed boat fishing. They had got the hold of a lot of Fritz bombs, tons of which are lying around here. They threw them one at a time into the water, the result was a terrific explosion, the water rising thirty feet high and by this means the fish were killed and they got a good catch. An easy but risky way of fishing but they must have destroyed nearly everything that was in that part of the river. A beautiful evening.
Sept. 22nd
Went on a commission along with Cpl. D. to get some butter, eggs, wine, for Major R. We had a definite village, Glassy [Glisy ?] near Amiens, to go to but no definite means of getting there.
After walking about three miles carrying a big, heavy basket, we were fortunate in getting a Motor Transport which was towing a broken down M.T. in the direction in which we were