Soldier's diary
Soldier's diary : Image 100 of 126
- Title Edward Herbert Aubrey : Soldier's diary
- Creator Edward Herbert Aubrey
- Date 1917-1919.
- Transcription 1917 October 15 Mon
Reveille 5 am
We saw a lovely air duel today & one of our planes brought a taube down. It was a great sight see the falling machine coming to the earth
He fell in our lines & was an awful wreck pilot was killed & machine badly broken up.
A heavy bombardment in the infantry lines on our right our guns seem to be doing most of the firing. Right along our positions was a continual flash from guns
1917 October 16 Tues
Reveille 5-30 am.
Not much doing today & we are waiting now on operations at on other parts of the line & also rain The enemies planes didn't come far over our lines today. They turned as soon as our anti-air-craft guns opened fire
Went over to 10th squadron in the enemy & had a yarn with Walter McNeil. - Image 100 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-1917-100
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