Item 01: Hector Brewer diary, 21 August 1914-31 December 1915 - Page 91
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[Page 91]
May 1915
Saturday 8
Fine
We snipe at the Turkish trenches when we see a target. Heaps of dead Turks can be seen round all their trenches which are about 400, 700 & 1100 yds to our front. Our trenches are fairly safe now & loopholed. Nothing exciting happened today We left the fire trench for a rest about 6 PM having done 24 hours on watch. Had to haul up an 8 Pounder gun. It was hard work
Sunday 9
Fine. So far we have had plenty of hard work & little or no rest right from the word go. Australia's boys have stuck to it so far & will stick to it to the last. Our platoon went down to the beach for a swim but the enemies shells stopped us after we had got down. Several more chaps wounded with shrapnel. Navy bombarding on extreme right all night. On guard all night.