Soldier's diary
Soldier's diary : Image 50 of 126
- Title Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary
- Creator Edward Herbert Aubrey
- Date 1917-1919.
- Transcription 1917 July 7 Sat
Returned to our lines in time for break-fast jolly tired. Spent the day in the camp. We have long way to go to water as usual so twice a day there uses up a good deal of our time. Wrote a couple of letters today. Word this evening to be ready to move out at 3 am tomorrow morning. The new General Sir Allanby is going to have a look round this front tomorrow
1917 July 8 Sun
Reveille 3 am
Left our lines at 4 am watered our horses at Wadi 4-15 a m The job we were on today was to hold a line north of Beer-sheba. We were in positions at 8 a m. & remained there the whole day. We had to keep our horses saddled the whole day & had not a bit of shade so put in a brute of day [since] was a scorcher. Turks sent over a few shells. We arrive back in our lines at 11 pm Watered our horses at 10-30 very dry - Image 50 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-1917-050
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