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Wednesday 12 April 1916

April 12, 2016 by Sarah McLennan

https://monova.ca/greatwarchronicles/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Wednesday_April_12_1916.mp3
Raining Heavy
I am presented to Colonel Buller & Major Hamilton Gault & congratulated on my excellent sketching & map drawing.
I trace and sketch all morning for Mr. MacDougall the intelligence officer & again in afternoon.
Appointed Regimental Topographer.
Battalion goes into trenches, I leave billet at 6:30 PM.
I to Ouderdom with Battalion headquarters for map drawing. Promoted to full corporal.

Filed Under: 1916, Diary Entries Tagged With: Colonel Buller, Major Hamilton Gault, mp3

Sunday 17 October 1915

October 17, 2015 by Sarah McLennan

Awakened at 8 am still feeling tired. Am cutting hair all day. Partook of a bottle of Champagne, good for my cold.
Evening Service (Methodist) by Private Lightbody of Princess Pats. Many attend, sing hymns.
Major Hamilton Gault, Captain MacDonald, Lieutenant Molson, Lieutenant MacKenzie, Lieutenant Curry arrive last night to join us.

Filed Under: 1915, Diary Entries Tagged With: Captain MacDonald, Evening Service, Lieutenant Curry, Lieutenant MacKenzie, Lieutenant Molson, Major Hamilton Gault, Princess Patricia

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