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ought to be shot & that they are the ones that won't come away & are going [indecipherable] because for shame sake they had to enlist: wait till they get here & the starch will come out of their sails a bit: I reckon they are rotters to spoil Australia's name like that: dinner: started to write to Ethel but Fritz started his "coal box" racket & I had to knock off & get out of the dug out : our guns replied & blew his trenches about some: after tea Fritz concentrated his fire on to one spot after our "how is it" that had been hurting him all day: it was one shell following the other all the time: packed up to move off somewhere: after "stand to" we were relieved & marched off to a new front about two miles further round towards Armentieres: Gee but we had a load: full kit, two blankets: steel helmet & thigh boots besides having to carry a dixie between us: we went into the support trench & settled down: on ration fatigue till about 11.30am the dug out was that damp & musty that we slept outside:
Monday May 1st
in the trenches: new frontage: stand to : breakfast: I took W.Wenhams job & started cleaning up: dinner: a fair few shells came over & we sent about the same amount back otherwise quiet: a fine day again: Alf got some shortbread from Scotland & we had a beano: gas was used again on our left & by the flashes from there Fritz was getting some shells in return: the shells also help to lift the gas: that was during the wee small hours of morning: after stand down I went to bed in my "tent"
Tuesday May 2nd
in the trenches: stand to : breakfast: potted about during the day: five of our aeroplanes gave a nice exhibition after dinner: two were very daring & they