Item 04: Herbert Henry Harris diary, 1 August 1917-31 May 1918 - Page 64
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Wednesday 31/10/17
a lovely morning & fine full moon night. The huns were over bombing round here dropped more than a hundred & kicked up hell was on duty when he started a bit of schrapnel fell with two yds of me. Paid to day 50 francs. £1-16-8 deferred Pay £35-9-6. Paid Jim 15 francs Pat 5 francs Parkes 8 francs 2d 6/- out of debt at last. Pay to day 39/5 Bal 2/11
Thursday 1/11/17
cloudy & like rain no two days alike. Concert at Poperinghe this afternoon for all the Batallion. deferred Pay. £35-11-0. Pay 7/5. fritz over again last night but driven back by aircraft guns after dropping a few bombs. They killed 2 & wounded 3 night before last, & it took over a hundred bombs to do it.
Italy looks like another Roumania & Serbia by the Papers on duty tonight till 1.30 a.m.
Friday. 2/11/17
Cloudy, Misty but not cold tried to rain last night but did not last long, Italians getting a hell of a time, not going from here for some days now. deferred Pay £35.12-6. Pay 11/11. No Taubes over last night The Boys went to a concert at Poperinghe yesterday. Been down opposite the hospitals again awfully sad always processions of dead to the grave yard each covered with the Union Jack at the other end a processions of ambulances bringing in the wounded & on either side of each football being played up here the Bigade band is playing what a world it is death & suffering & agony alongside of football, drinking shops etc etc it makes one wonder. – on duty till 9.30 dark & misty & muddy.