Soldier's diary

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Image of Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary 1917-1919.

  • Title Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary
  • Creator Edward Herbert Aubrey
  • Date 1917-1919.
  • Transcription 1917 June 25 Mon
    Had very little sleep last night owing to ear ache which I have never had in my life before. Went to our regimental doctor & he sent me away to Field Ambulance. The doctor there examined my ear again & ordered hot fomentations. This place is going to be worth staying in for a day or two by the look of things at present. Plenty to eat books to read & nothing to do
    1917 June 26 Tues
    Left our Field Ambulance Hospital at 10 am today in a red cross car for Anzac Clearing station. Examined here again by two doctors who ordered more hot fomentations, but they havnt told me yet what is the cause of the trouble so I have come to the conclusion they they don't know. The hospital here is not quite so good as the one I have just left. Australians, New Zealanders & Yeomanry here.
  • Image 44 of 126
  • Collection Description World War I diary kept by Edward Herbert Aubrey (1891-1963) from May 1917 to November 1917, with brief notes from 1918 and 1919. Some pages were removed and sent to relatives.
  • Parent Collection Description Edward Aubrey served from 10 February 1916 to 19 February 1919. He embarked on the Waihora in December 1916 with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade. Aubrey served in Egypt; and after being wounded on 5 November 1917 part of his left leg was amputated. Edward Aubrey spent his remaining service in medical care in Egypt and then Britain. On his return to New Zealand he returned to farming in the Omarama area on land won in a ballot as part of a Returned Soldiers' initiative.
  • Collection Location Private collection
  • File Reference CCL-Aubrey-1917-044

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