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1916

1st Feb 1916
4th Feb 1916
4th Feb "Our M cyclist reported meeting suspect spy..."

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14th Feb1916
15th Feb 1916
15th Feb "Gale of wind W..."
21st Feb 1916
21st Feb "First to sleep in new Guard Tent. Awfully cold..."

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28th Feb 1916
12th March 1916
18th March
24th March
March 24th " Thick snow on ground, very cold."
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25th March 2016ONLY
25th March "  Cable badly lifted winch clear of ground."
31st March 1916
27th April 1916
27th April  "Fine sunny day not much wind. Very misty..."
2nd May 1916
4th May 1916
May 2nd  "Nelson got 2 shocks from telephone due to magnetism in air..."

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4th May "Howard handed me telegram from Mother. Brenda got a daughter..."
May 7th
7th May  "I was presented with special menu"
8th May
22nd May 1916
May 8th"...my teeth chattered."
22nd May "Left Victoria at 7.50am..."
23rd May
23rd May "I slept on floor in another hut."
19th June
June 19th "Mac did parachute descent from balloon from 1300ft."
22nd June 1916
22nd June " It continued turning over sideways and endways like a piece of paper."
July 18th 1916

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July 18th  "Plucked a lot of radishes from our garden there. Had some for tea. .."
21st July
6th August
July 21st "Nieppe was being shelled just as we started..."
23rd August
6th August "...Played cricket...."
23rd August "...Bumble Puppy pole."
30th August 1916

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30th August "...Tail line snapped between parachutes..."
6th Sept 1916
6th September  "Locre bombed at 10pm. Major and I were walking after dinner..."
22nd Sept 1916
22nd Sept "Went to Elverdinghe and searched Church yard. "
23rd Sept
23rd Sept "2 bits of shell fell on our hut making large dent in corrugated iron roof...."
Oct 2nd 1916
2nd  Oct  "...Observers jumped out...burning balloon fell on one parachute...killed."

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11th Dec 1916
11th Dec "...piece of shell went through the top of my tender as we were driving along."
23rd December

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25th Dec 1916
Dec 23rd "Wind increased to hurricane. Blew roof off Major’s hut..."
25th Dec   "Cook drunk, turkey spoilt..."
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