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Sunday 24-9-16
Rily [?] St. job again tonight.
Tuesday 26-9-16
Yesterday & today working in secret trench which is a secret no longer. Fritz put over a few shells (small ones) this morning. One lodged right in the trench & buried Freddy Harden. It took about 15 minutes to dig Fred out. His helmet saved a little air for him & he supervised matters from below, it sounded very strange to hear his muffled voice saying "more air" etc. He was uninjured, his face being slightly swollen & nose or mouth bleeding slightly.
I believe Fritz caught one or two of our planes today. There is going to be an Artillery stunt this evening. Payday today. One of the Boys got drunk & being unable to balance himself on the W.C. perch fell backwards with appalling results.
[Frederick Harden, No 1939, 2nd Pioneer Battn.]
Friday 29-9-16
L/M & Claire
Met H. Crothers the other day. Heard that H. Hook was Killed at Fler Bain while working Trench Mortar. The 18th organised a raid last night which was a failure. They run into a bombing post & were bombed back. Our fellows used a 192 lbs Trench Mortar against Fritz
[Harold John Thomas Hook, 1712, 2nd Div. Trench Mortars. K.I.A. 6 May 1916]