Soldier's diary
Soldier's diary : Image 71 of 126
- Title Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary
- Creator Edward Herbert Aubrey
- Date 1917-1919.
- Transcription 1917 August 18 Sat
We rode our horses over to the beach this morning & had a swim which is first for 2 or 3 months. The day was very hot so we enjoyed it Our brigade shifted today from Tel-El-Fara to the beach they called at the [dump] for our horses & we are pleased to be rid of them for a week When we have finished our week on guard our horses will be sent over for us to get back to the brigade on
1917 August 19 Sun
This is the largest dump in Egypt, all kinds of army provisions, are staored here & nearly 1000 natives em-ployed loading & unloading & stacking gram hay etc & every other - thing required to keep the army in rations. There are camel transport corps loading up from day light till dark A person on first coming into the dumps would wonder how the black mob was worked & controlled - Image 71 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-1917-071
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