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Lieut Scoon posted to the Company. Church service for men not on fatigue. The battn raiding party went out from T88 but owing to insufficient artillery preparation & support & owing to the trench mortars not having cut the wire sufficiently the raiders suffered severely, W.W.C. having 50% of the casualties. Lieut Jones [...]
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W.W.C. & Ruahine Coys. disembarked and entrained en route to the firing line.
Courtney’s Post.
Major Cunningham takes temporary command of Wgton Infy Battn.
Capt. A. J. Cross takes temporary command of Company at 4 p.m. 2/6/15.
Company in bivouac as supports for 48 hours after 48 hours tour of duty in fire trench.
Night passes quietly without incident.
Personnel
Capt. A. J. Cross, Cmdg.
Lieut R D Hardie
Lieut W.P. Aldridge
165 other ranks
57
NC 1 K [...]
Place: attacks
Remarks: am. 8th. W.W.C., H.B., Tara.
5 p.m. Gen. adv. Ruahine attacks.
Place: Helles
Remarks: 3 pm. to Gully at Y. beach. W.W.C., H.B., T., Rua.
8.30 pm. moved to Reserve Trenches White Hub. Move complete midnight. Ruahine. down Gully. Then to Reserve trenches Y. beach. Then to White Hub at 11.30.
Place: Walkers Ridge.
Remarks: 5 pm. W.W.C. to beach.
At 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Battalion moved to Howitzer Gully as a Reserve. ¼ to 10. Conference of Coy. Comdrs. 10.10 a.m. moved to Walkers Ridge. Here orders were received to draw two days supplies and move to the beach N. of Div. Hqrs. This move was completed at 11.30 a.m.
Here orders were received [...]
W.W.C. Coy, Hawkes Bay & Machine Gun Section disembarked & joined the Bn. in the gully about 4.30 a.m. on the morning of the 26th. The day was spent quietly by the troops. Officers wherever possible carried out a reconnaissance of the position held by the Division. W.W.C. were ordered to take up a position [...]
The Company Diary of the 7th Wellington West Coast Company written by Major William Cunningham ends on Sunday 11th April 1915. The Company Diary resumes again on 2nd June 1915, this time compiled by other officers of the Wellington West Coast Company including Lieutenant Hugh McKinnon.
To cover the intervening period entries from the Regimental Diary of the Wellington Regiment will be used. [...]
Arrived at Alexandria and berthed about 7a.m. Everyone excited at the prospect of early disembarkation. Other units on ship disembark. Cargo discharging started. Our Coy supply all fatigues. Alexandria a great port but appliances not equal to Wellington. Company worked very hard. No leave. Men rather grumble but Orvieto beer has a quieting effect. Great [...]