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wanted me to go off duty. Nothing much doing during the day, so did not overwork myself
Wednesday 17th April
My birthday. Today I reach the 30 year mark & certainly feel it at the moment. This is my fourth birthday in the army & I sometimes feel that I'm tired & would like a spell. Just at the moment I am feeling very weak & ill. Last night was another bad one, I was up several times & then we were shelled, one falling within 10 yds of our cottage & breaking a window only. Between my sickness & Fritz I was feeling anyhow. Slept in until 10 AM. to make up for the poor night but found as soon as I turned up at the Station there was plenty to do. Several gas cases were coming through & our new officers were fresh to the treatment. It appears that the sector has been heavily shelled with mustard & we have had hundreds of casualties, about 600 went through from this sector during the day.