Saturday 8th May 1915
Saturday, May 8th, 2010Place: attacks
Remarks: am. 8th. W.W.C., H.B., Tara.
5 p.m. Gen. adv. Ruahine attacks.
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.
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 [...]
An early start was made with packing up. As cooking utensils were required at 7.30 a.m. breakfast also had to be an early affair. The Company moved off at a quarter to nine arriving at Campimento Station about nine oclock. After a wait of 2 hours we entrained about 11 oclock. The other companies Ruahine [...]
A warm cloudy morning. Other regiments moving out ahead of us, judging from noise in their lines.
Tuesday January 26th 1915. At Kubri, 8p.m. We paraded at 6.45 a.m. 240 all ranks including attached, and proceeded to Palais de Kubbeh station about 1½ miles. We entrained at 8 a.m. and train was dispatched at 10.30 for [...]