Soldier's diary
Soldier's diary : Image 19 of 126
- Title Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary
- Creator Edward Herbert Aubrey
- Date 1917-1919.
- Transcription 1917 May 8 Tues
Our turn for outposts tonight. Nothing startling happened. Out on front patrols through the day plenty of Turks but were not very close to them. They opened fire on us but at too long a range to do much damage. A stray mail came in today. I received a parcel from H.M.[R] & an Otago Witness. We are getting some very hot weather now every day & few men going to hospital
1917 May 9 Wed
Stand to as usual. 3-30. Had some squadron sports. Began 4-30 a m stopped 9-30 as it was getting too warm. Regimental sports evening just ready for the Tug-of-war on horse-back & crowd gathered round when, over came two Taubes bombing We galloped out those who were mtd & those dismounted ran out, scattered & lay down. They dropped 10 bombs did very little damage, killed five horses only one man dangerously wounded, carried on with sports after bombing had finished - Image 19 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-1917-019
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