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| Accession Number | AWM2018.19.4 |
| Collection number | PR00317 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Diary |
| Physical description | 46 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Doig, Keith McKeddie |
| Place made | At sea, France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Bancourt, France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Beugny, France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Fremicourt, France: Picardie, Somme, Abbeville, France: Picardie, Somme, Albert, France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Gueudecourt, France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, Becordel-Becourt, France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, Bernafay, France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, Fricourt, France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, Mametz, France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, Montauban, France: Picardie, Somme, Amiens, France: Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Haplincourt, France: Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Haplincourt, France: Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Heilly, France: Picardie, Somme, Vignacourt, United Kingdom: England, Kent, Folkestone |
| Date made | 1916-1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Diary of Keith McKeddie Doig, 1916-1917
Description
Diary relating to the First World War service of Major Keith McKeddie Doig, 60th Infantry Battalion, 28 July [1916] - 7 April 1917.
In this diary, Doig briefly notes several days at sea immediately after embarkation and several days in England, before proceeding to document his first six months of active service in France. He describes his first impressions of the Somme battlefields, and often remarks on the cold weather and the physical challenges of going to and from the front line in wet and muddy conditions. He notes episodes of intense gunfire and incessant shelling, and describes desolate landscapes and destroyed villages.
In his role as a Medical Officer, Doig provides an insight into the operation of regimental aid posts and the treatment of casualties on the front line. He expresses admiration for the bravery of stretcher-bearers navigating trenches and difficult terrain amidst shelling, and closely observes the plight of wounded soldiers including the prevalence of trench foot. Closing diary entries document Doig's movements from the Somme battlefields to the Pas-de-Calais district just prior to the First Battle of Bullecourt.
Related information
Events
Units
- 14th Australian Infantry Brigade
- 15th Australian Field Ambulance
- 15th Australian Infantry Battalion
- 27th Australian Infantry Battalion
- 28th Australian Infantry Battalion
- 2nd Australian Division
- 57th Australian Infantry Battalion
- 5th Australian Division
- 60th Australian Infantry Battalion
- 8th Australian Field Ambulance
- Australian Army Medical Corps
Places
- Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Beugny
- Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Boulogne
- Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Fremicourt
- Europe: France, Picardie, Buire
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Abbeville
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Bapaume
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Flers
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, Becordel-Becourt
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, Bernafay
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, Fricourt
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, Mametz
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bray Proyart Area, Mericourt
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bray Proyart Area, Ribemont
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Dernancourt
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Vignacourt
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Ealing, Southall
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London, Greenwich, Woolwich
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, Kent, Folkestone
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Geelong
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Subjects
People
- Doig, Keith McKeddie
- Birdwood, William Riddell
- Hardy, Charles Henry William
- Jagger, Thomas Ross
- Beard, Jack Roland Stanley Grose
- Boothroyd, Frank
- Cosgrove, Charles
- Horn, Alexander
- Hughes, Melville Rule
- Macroberts, Andrew Hamilton
- Slater, Joseph Henry
- Wade, Keith John
- Woods, Eric William Beresford
- Elliott, Harold Edward 'Pompey'
- Elliott, George Stephenson
- Legge, James Gordon