Soldier's diary
Soldier's diary : Image 20 of 126
- Title Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary
- Creator Edward Herbert Aubrey
- Date 1917-1919.
- Transcription 1917 May 10 Thurs
Stand too 3-30 a m - then went on with sports. I am in the winning team of the regiment for wrestling on horse-back & tug-of-war. We have to compete in the brigade sports now held on the 12th unless Jacks gets in on us before then. Artillery doing a lot of shelling today.
A taube attacked one of our planes in the evening close to our camp. A bullet from enemys machine gun struck our planes engine & so he had to come down landed safely in our lines no serious damage done
1917 May 11 Fri
Wakened rather rudely at 2 am orders to be ready to move out at 2-30 so a great bustle getting horse feed & our own rations as when we go out on these trips we never know when we will be back. We had a fairly quiet day, as our brigade moved up Turks fell back into their old position so only a few shots exchanged, at long ranges. The heat today was hellish all the shade we could get was our horses & they keep moving about & leave a man lying in the hot sun. MAIL today 9 letters - Image 20 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-1917-020
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