Item 04: M.C. Evans war diary, 4 November 1916-16 June 1917 - Page 4
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[Transcriber's note: Cpl. Maurice Cann Evans is in the 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance. English born, he joined the Army on 24th August 1914, aged 19. This diary centres on his time in the Sinai Peninsula in the areas of El Arish, Beersheba, the Rafa Raid and Palestine. He describes these locations in detail and the surrounding countryside. The noise of the battle, the planes flying over, the bombs dropping, their living conditions, all feature in his descriptions. The diary ends when he is near Khan Yunis and at this time he is hopeful that his application to transfer to the Camel Corps is approved.]
Oct. 1916 – June 1917
[Foreign language not transcribed.]
8 p.m. – Neguilliet – November
This place tonight, after a very leisurely & quite pleasant trek leaving Romani at 11 a.m.
No signs of Taubes & their attendant bombs as yet though tomorrow – being November 5th – they ought to treat us to a pyrotechnic display. Though on the whole I don't mind foregoing my fireworks this year! Tomorrow we reach our destination & - pronounced Gillar.