Soldier's diary
Soldier's diary : Image 49 of 126
- Title Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary
- Creator Edward Herbert Aubrey
- Date 1917-1919.
- Transcription 1917 July 5 Thurs
We are not doing much today men & horse very tired. Horses had to do the Beersheba stunt & back without water so were 30 hours without a drink. Very much tucked up & poor devils have got to be on the move again tomorrow. Just as we arrived here last night there was a total eclipse of the moon which is full now & the sky was clear so best eclipse I have seen.
Very hot today.
1917 July 6 Fri
Reveillie 3 a m
Shifted camp today back to Tel El Farra
A roasting hot day & we are going on out-posts tonight.
Left our lines at 6 p m crossed Wadi El Gaza took up our out post positions one mile on enemies side of Wadi
My relief from 10-30 to 12 mid-night. Two sections of us started on patrol at 3 am returned to out post 4-30 - Image 49 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-1917-049
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