Soldier's diary
Soldier's diary : Image 48 of 126
- Title Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary
- Creator Edward Herbert Aubrey
- Date 1917-1919.
- Transcription 1917 July 3 Tues
We are going out on a stunt tonight leaving our lines at 11-30 p.m. & going to Beersheba should be there by daylight.Had an attack practice in the morning & did a good lot of shooting so we should be in good order if there is much doing tomorrow.
Going to bed at 8 p m tonight so as to have 3 hrs in by 11 p m
1917 July 4 Wed
Left our lines at 11-30 pm & brigade moved off at mid-night. A lovely moonlight night & two mtd divisions went out. We halted in a small gully near Beersheba at 5 o'clock fed our horses & had breakfast. Took our gear off & [?] saddled horses & some of us were having a sleep awakened up very suddenly by shells coming over We had to get our gear on & on the move Turks artillery had got right on to us We arrived back tour lines at midnight. Our divisions 11 casualties 10 wounded [?] killed - Image 48 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-1917-048
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