Soldier's diary
Soldier's diary : Image 18 of 126
- Title Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary
- Creator Edward Herbert Aubrey
- Date 1917-1919.
- Transcription 1917 May 6 Sun
We were not out today patrols came in early with word that about [370] Turks Turks were busy entrenching at the El Bugga. N.Z. brigade with one brigade of Australians to leave at [4] pm. attack at 3-30 & clear up round El Bugga. The night was cold & we moved up on to El Bugga early in the morning & found no Turks there. We never fired a shot returned home 9 am
1917 May 7 Mon
Taubes did a lot of bombing at the dump at Belha also bombed the hospital there killed several doctors & attendants also some wounded. It was a bright moonlight night & they were down very low with their machines. We had not anti- air-craft guns there so the Turks were not afraid to come well down so as they could drop their bombs where they wished to - Image 18 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-1917-018
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