Item 01: Sir Charles Rosenthal diary, 25 September 1914-31 December 1918 - Page 466
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with their G.S.O's I. Corps Commander foreshadowed possible forthcoming operations, with an idea of their nature. Details later. It has now been decided to at once re-organise Brigades on a 3 Battalion basis. The 7th Brigade will lose 25th Battalion, the 6th the 21st and the 5th either the 17th or 18th. Final decisions in the latter case awaiting wire from General Martin who is in England. New car returned from column after having been painted. A very poor job made of it.
Friday 20th September
At 10a.m. held a conference at Divisional Head Quarters. Present Brigadiers, C.R.A., O.C. Train, O.C. Machine Gun Battalion, A.D.M.S, G.S.O. 1., AA & QMG and C.R.E. and O.C. Signals. Outlined proposals for future operations of the Division. Training during the next few days to be specially directed to fitting the troops for open warfare involving possibly a considerable advance. Mr. Box, Commonwealth High Commissioner's Secretary in London together with several journalists arrived and lunched with us. The operations of the Division from the 25th August onward were described to them with the aid of a map and later Captain Bazeley conducted them via the Omiecourt crossing of the Somme to Mont Saint Quentin, thence via Perronne and Herbecourt to Chinques, where the party inspected the destroyed Boche 15" gun. Arranged with Corps Commander for visit to Base at Havre and Australian Sections 3rd Echelon at Rouen leaving here tomorrow and returning 24th inst. Report on Divisional operations between 26th August and 4th September completed and will be issued to-morrow. Bishop Long called re appointment of Divisional Education Officer.