Soldier's diary

Soldier's diary : Image 97 of 126

Image of Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary 1917-1919.

  • Title Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary
  • Creator Edward Herbert Aubrey
  • Date 1917-1919.
  • Transcription 1917 October 9 Tues
    Reveille 4-45 am.
    We were out on an attack scheme today & had some lovely gallops & jumps over Bedouins fences which are made of earth walls. We joined up with Australians for the dy & had quite a good outing brought our horses home very tired after so much galloping. I killed a snake on our way home, cut it half through with my bayonet it was 4 ft long
    1917 October 10 Wed
    Reveille 5 am
    After breakfast there wasn't much doing so I with another chap rode over to the aerodrome to see the plane that was brought down a few days ago. It is a splendid machine an Albatross Scout built this year 1917.
    The aviator was the eldest flyer on this front & said he had been here three years. He was a German with the rank of Captain
    No more excitement for the rest of this day Bed. 9-30 pm
  • Image 97 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-1917-097

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