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Date: October 1916
Diary

Signed W.H. Dobbie Captain.

Oct. 1 Four men who had been mentioned, have been awarded military medal:
Bomb. Myers, L. Bomb. McDonald, T. A. Gunner Milner F.L. Gunner
Patterson L. R. No's 3 and 4 guns dismounted and moved to new
position.
" 2 No's 3 and 4 guns mounted
" 3 Registered all guns on Ligny-Thilloy Church.
" 4 Fired 100 rounds on Ligny-Thilloy.
" 5 Fired 200 rounds on Butte De Wailancount.
" 6 Fired 100 rounds in Le Barque.
" 7 Nothing unusual.
" 8 Aeroplane shoot on hostile battery, successful.
" 9 Registered again on Ligny-Thilloy Curch, almost knocked it down.
" 10 Fired 100 rounds on different points during the day.
" 11 Nothing unusual.
" 12 Did an aeroplane shoot on trenches near La Baique. Lieut. J.R.
Thompson arrived and reported for duty.
" 13 Aeroplane shoot on hostile battery 200 rounds successful. Established
on O.P. East of Goudecourt, in Rainbow trench.
" 14 Did a shoot on Bayoney trench. Heavy ammunition fatigues.
" 15 Established an O.P. at 5 Central, near High Wood.
" 16 Did an aeroplane shoot on a sunken rouad in N 13 B just south of
Ligny-Thilloy.
" 17 Registered on Tousinhoff Farm in N 13 B. 100 rounds.
" 18 Heavy ammunition fatigues.
" 19 Established another o.P. in Switch trench a T 9.
" 20 Built light railroad into the battery for ammunition.
" 21 Heavy shelling around battery, several dugouts hit, nobody wounded.
" 22 Shell, 4.1 hit transporting carriage for No.2 gun and wounded Gunner
Stewart, Henion and Dunn.
" 23 Busy building new canteen and office.
" 24 Office blown up by H.V. shell, everything was destroyed, records, etc.,
nobody hurt.
" 25 Fired 100 rounds on Bailey trench.
" 26 Fired 200 rounds on wired in front of Bailey trench. N. 15 rounds in
Bapaume.
" 27 100 rounds on wire in front of Bailey trench. Fired 20 rounds in Bapaume.
" 28 Calibrated guns on Tousinhoff Farm, fired 100 rounds.
" 29 100 rounds on Oat Lane, Fired all night on Oat Lane, 100 rounds.
" 30 Fired 200 rounds on Tousinhoff Farm, fired 100 rounds on night firing
100 rounds on Oat Lane
" 31 Fired 100 rounds on Juice Alley. Fired 100 rounds on Oat Lane
during the night.

Signed W.H. Dobbie Captain

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