Item 01: T. J. Cleary diary, 8 March 1916 - 15 August 1917 - Page 113

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[Page 113]

28-12-16
Again working on Bobs Grave with Elson. Heard some enormous shells travelling through the air today. Must be the new 18" Gun.

Sunday 31-12-16
Finished a fence for Bobs grave today. Plenty to do on it yet though. Had a Bath and change today. Plenty shells on camp today.

2-1-17
Fritz sent some armour piercing shells in our camp yesterday afternoon. One of them failed to explode and was left lying above ground after ricocheting through a dug out. It was a 9.2" Shell 3'-4" long with along fine drawn out point. We are still on the dug-out & get very few shells

Friday 5-1-17
W.J. had tea with A. Niddrie last night. He had 4 parcels and I helped him to eat some of the stuff. I believe we have to hand over our Dug out job tom the 5th Pioneers. Fritz was very active with his

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