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 19 Tue
    Stacking horse feed today had a quiet morning An airoplane duel in the afternoon. Two of our battle planes attacked a taube that had been cruising over our lines. Our planes succeeded in bringing the taube down. An English mail in today. I received a parcel from my sister in Shanghai. everything in it in good order
    1917 June 20 Wed
    A quiet day in the camp today. Our squadron went out & had some practice with kitchners machine guns. The day was very hot & so we did as little as we possibly could. The flies are an awful pest here through the day. they are bad enough to make a saint swear. Everything we eat is full of flies
  • Image 41 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-1917-041

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