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Description: | Microfilm copy of an essentially factual ms diary, in two volumes (100pp each), covering his command of No 2 New Zealand Machine Gun Company (2nd NZ Infantry Brigade, NZ Division) on the Western Front from March - July 1917, including the attack on Messines Ridge in June 1917, his three months' rest and recuperation behind the lines in France including a stay at Lady Michelham's rest home in Dieppe, and his service as New Zealand Divisional Machine Gun Officer in the Ypres Salient from November 1917 - February 1918 including the final stages of the Third Battle of Ypres and a break to attend a course at the Machine Gun School at Camiers. The diary includes useful references to conditions in the trenches, German artillery bombardments and the nervous strain of active service.
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Catalogue date 1981-09-08 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Parks, J B | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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