Item 11: Oliver L. S. Holt diary, 13 August-28 October 1918 - Page 23

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modest & faithful personality. What a remarkable thing it is that of the last three deaths, two of them were very prominent members of the Literary Circle, & the other was one who was becoming identified with the Sunday night services. We have lost three of the best men in the unit. There is food for thought & conjecture in that.

There were 13 casualties: all but two by the same shell; a high explosive gas one. Out of a group of bearers resting or waiting in a trench only two were left untouched, – Eva & Maynard. The latter had huge gaps torn out of his tunic.

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