Item 01: Gordon Macrae diary, 12 November 1914-4 January 1916 - Page 161
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November 1915
I received one letter only from mother during the week & several papers from Uncle J.D. We were relieved out of the trenches at 1.30 pm after being 5 weeks in. We came over behind Hqrs. Sunday was bitterly cold with a very slight drizzle towards dark which made things worse.
Monday 22nd to Sunday 28th
Monday was like Sunday, very cold & in the afternoon our squadron had to relieve the outpost at Wilson's Lookout. Put in a miserable night, my limbs insisted on going to sleep & I had to keep getting up to restore the circulation. We were relieved after 24 hours. Some bombs got very close, but we had no casualties Tuesday was very cold, but I got in a couple of nights good sleep. I managed to get my washing done but couldn't get it dry for 3 days as it rained slightly & we