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Accession Number | RCDIG0001157 |
Collection number | 2DRL/0547 |
Collection type | Digitised Collection |
Record type | File |
Item count | 1 |
Object type | Diary |
Physical description | 189 Image/s captured |
Maker |
Davis, Henry Stanley |
Place made | At sea, Belgium, Egypt, France, United Kingdom: England, Western Front |
Date made | 1915-1917 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Diary of Henry Stanley Davis, 1915-1917
Diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Henry Stanley Davis, 46th Battalion. The relatively short and concise diary entries span from 18 October 1915 to 25 January 1917 and cover: embarkation from Australia with the 14th Battalion; troopship voyage aboard HMAT Port Lincoln; the death at sea of Private Malvern Arthur Wade; arrival and training in Egypt; the allotment of 6th Infantry Brigade officers from the reinforcements; sightseeing, including the pyramids; battalion drills and route marches; transfer to the 46th Battalion; promotion to lieutenant; training schools; list of parade and meal hours; the havoc caused by the heat and sandstorms; taking over the trenches in the Suez Canal area; trench routine and details; commemorating the first anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli; observations of the Turkish Army; grenadier training; voyage in early June to France aboard the armed merchant cruiser Kinfauns Castle; the wet weather and mud in France; French villages and people; 6th Infantry Brigade school; trenches on the Western Front; movement into the front lines at Pozieres; involvement in the fighting at Pozieres; observations at Mouquet Farm; service in and out of the line in late 1916; leave to London; shellshock; 4th Division school. Davis was killed in action at the first battle of Bullecourt on 11 April 1917.
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- Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal Zone
- Europe: France
- Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Bethune, Fleurbaix
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Mouquet Farm
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London
- Middle East: Yemen, Aden