Soldier's diary
Soldier's diary : Image 47 of 126
- Title Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary
- Creator Edward Herbert Aubrey
- Date 1917-1919.
- Transcription 1917 July 1 Sun
Guns seemed to be going most of the night & still cracking away more than usual. Left Anzac Clearing station at 10 am arrived at our field ambulance before 12 Had lunch there & a horse was sent over for me at 2 pm so back to the regiment again. Have got my own horse & gear back again. The mail arrived here yesterday so I received some today. Very pleased to get this mail as we have not had a mail for a month
1917 July 2 Mon
Very hot today but not much doing. Had a bath & did some washing with water that is brought up on the camels. In future & while the present number of camels are available on gallon of water is allowed to each man per day. so if this last we will be able to keep our clothes & also ourselves clean - Image 47 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-1917-047
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