Item 08: Fred Harold Tomlins war diary, 19 January-28 April 1917 - Page 133

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[Page 133]

23-4-17
& Ben Chater in Command of the Anzac Mtd Division; We gained 2,000 yards of country but Gaza appears to be no mans land, at present, & trench fighting goes on; An enemy plane was brought down in our lines by one of our Anti Air Craft guns today & the pilot proved to be an Austrian lad 19 years old, he landed at our aerodrome with a broken wing. It is reported that the Turks are waiting on a special ammunition we expect it is gas. We are told now that gas was not used in the recent fighting; Merghar Mack came back again today & brought a letter out from Jessie

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