Soldier's diary
Soldier's diary : Image 58 of 126
- Title Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary
- Creator Edward Herbert Aubrey
- Date 1917-1919.
- Transcription 1917 July 23 Mon
Reveille this morning 2-30 am. Fed our horses had breakfast & led off the lines at 4 am. We got well up towards the Turkish position at Beersheba at 7-30 am & halted there. We found two new wells today so watered our horses. Turks shelled us but did us no harm. shooting was poor today. We withdrew from our position at 3 pm & got home before dark didn't have as bad a day as usual
1917 July 24 Tues
Had the best sleep last night that I have had for sometime. Reveille not until 5-30 am Gave our horses a spell today & had spells ourselves. A very hot day but we don't notice it so much when we have bivvies to get into for shade. Managed to get some [writing] done today - Image 58 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-1917-058
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