Item 01: Gordon Macrae diary, 12 November 1914-4 January 1916 - Page 107

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[Page 107]

July 1915
Thursday July 1st
B Squadron sent out a trench digging party at 7.45. Cpl Cheater & 4 of us formed a covering party in front. The Turks put several shells in amongst us but they did no damage. Waygood went away sick.

Friday 2nd
Cool windy day. Was sapping in a tunnel in the afternoon & put in a good solid 4 hours at it. Had a swim at night.

Saturday 3rd
Had a spell in the morning & four hours trench digging in the afternoon. It was fairly warm. The Turks gave us a bit of a shelling & we had 2 men wounded.

Sunday 4th
Was on water fatigue all day. It was a fairly easy job. Had only to go the long distance to Shrapnel Gully once. Posted letters to Mrs Blomfield & Dorothy Blair.

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