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[Page 48]
July 1916
We rested in camp all day on the 23rd & at 1 am on the 24th we set out for Katia. 'C' Sqdn went out to Oghratina & we heard a fair bit of firing as they neared the Turks.
24th to 31st
We have been going solid all the week. Every alternate day we go out to meet Jacko & have inflicted numerous casualties & taken several prisoners. The 1st Brigade had the biggest scrap at Magoubra [Mageibra]. Our artillery & machine guns have also done useful work.
On the 28th Lieut Pearce Corpl Thorne & 2 others stayed out on listening post. The Turks surrounded them about midnight & Mr Pearce was killed. The others had a lucky escape & were about 8 hrs in the enemy's lines. They eventually got out & reached Hill 70. "B" Troop is without an officer now so also is "C". On the 29th at midnight we set off again & there was desultory fire all day. The Turks are fairly active & strongly entrenched. Their aeroplanes are busy & on the morning of
[See entry re. Capt. N.M. Pearce in Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18, Vol.VII, p.128]