Soldier's diary
Soldier's diary : Image 68 of 126
- Title Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary
- Creator Edward Herbert Aubrey
- Date 1917-1919.
- Transcription 1917 August 12 Sun
Our artillery opened fire at 12 midnight to prevent Turkish reinforcements getting up to redoubt. A mistake was made by the 8th squadron one of the hotchkiss gun sections opened fire on our C.Y.C squadron killed 3 horses & wounded two men Trooper Sheean & L/epl Gold. I was one of the men on escort to ambulance cart & we arrived in to field ambulance at 5 am. Shean died shortly after arriving in & Gold not expected to last long Both wounded in stomach
1917 August 13 Mon
Stood to at 3 p m. Had a rest in camp today as we are going out near Beersheba to assist in blowing up of railway bridges
Left camp at 6 pm rode until 12 mid-night. Our squadron was screen for the brigade so we were out as scouts all night. We had a fairly quiet night. Australians & New Zealand field troop lost their direction & where they did find bridge it was to near day light to blow - Image 68 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-1917-068
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