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4th
Rested.
5th
Wood fatigue morning, mail fatigue afternoon.
6th
Firing line.
7th
Firing line.
8th
Water fatigue. Trench-digging at night.
9th
Water fatigue all day.
10th
Had a birthday. On water fatigue all day to celebrate it.
11th
Water fatigue. Firing line at night. Supposed to be Enver Pasha's birthday. Was inoculated.
12th
Had a demonstration of our own to-day. Was under very heavy shrapnel, machine gun & rifle fire for over half an hour, with no cover at all. Bob Rodd was wounded and ten others besides, poor Sergeant Fred Ellis died in my arms, Kidman, Obrien, Ronald, and Joe Creer were all killed, and a chap from the 7th also. It was
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