Item 01: Gordon Macrae diary, 12 November 1914-4 January 1916 - Page 134
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Things were fairly quiet in our part of the line
Friday 3rd [Sept]
Had a good sleep in the morning & wrote letters in the afternoon. Sent a PC to Carrie & wrote to mother & Doug. We had some practice at bomb throwing.
Saturday 4th
The 2nd Brigade sent a big lot of men to the Lone Pine. They expect the Turks to attack either tonight or tomorrow. I went up with 2 others from B Squadron as bomb throwers. We took over about 1am. Saw George Steggles mate when passing the 1st Battalion. The reserve trenches smell something awful & there are still a lot of dead lying about that they havn't been able to bury. The slaughter must have been terrible. Men are buried in the trenches, being blocked up with sandbags & the flies are in millions. However you soon get used to the smell & after a while hardly seem to notice it. Some