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[Page 44]
War Diary
1915 1st Nov.
but I have 2 anticraft guns on Table Top which keep them off.
2nd Nov.
Major Baker (B.M.) evacuated H. and 1 man B.H.Q. 8th L.H. 2nd Lt. R.H. Brown and 2 others to H.
3rd Nov.
8th 2 man; 9th 3, 10th L.H. 1 = 6 to H. G.O.C. Army Corps thro' lines –
4th Nov.
9th 2; 10th L.H. 1 = 3 to Hosp: G.O.C. approved of my readjustment of frontage position (No. 2) Post to be taken over by N.Z. Infy. Bde. Visited Anzac – saw Capt. Griffiths. M.C.H. Secy. re certain details.
5th Nov.
8th L.H. 2 men, 9th L.H. 3, 10th L.H. 1 – 6 men to Hospital - General health of Bde. only fair, the long and continued strain telling – a good deal of Jaundice appearing, dysentry, enteric, influenza and some diptheria – Troops at Mudros reported to be having a bad time from above maladies – Matters generally quiet, nothing doing – Still busy preparing shelters – tunnelling and strengthening Defences – Several alternative positions for M.Guns; also preparing for 2 in Kidd's and 1 in Fisher's tunnels.
6th Nov.
8th L.H. 2, 9th L.H. 2, 10th L.H. 2 = 6 to Hospital: McLaurin and 1 man to Egypt to take over cmmd. of Bde. Details Heliopolis, vice Major Daley to return to Regt.: issued major McL – with his fully written instructions, with a view of roping in the many strays who should have returned (see state) – 4th H.Q. - 5
How. Battery shelled Snipers Nest – 7 direct hits – destroyed improved works and must have accounted for a fair number of Turks.
7th Nov.
Visited D.H.Q. with improved model for sliding Loop-holed plate – see sketch – Genl. Godley pleased with the design which Capt. Vyvian, R.N. took away to make a steel pattern of for trial: model should be very serviceable: No 4 Battery again shelled N.E.K.
[Capt. Vyvian was beachmaster at Anzac on 25th April and later became Air Vice Marshall, Sir A.V. Vyvian, RAF]