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E.S. "Gordon" Lacey - Diary 3

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May

C.C.S. Put on Hospital Train and came down to 3 General at La Treport. Looked after well in Hospital. 12th On Hospital train again for Le Havre. 13th Landed in the after noon and taken on Hospital Ship "Carisbrook Castle". 14th Landed at Southampton and got train for Boscombe. Arrived about dinner time. In Queen Mary Ward. The wound is healing nicely. 15th Got up in the afternoon & went out with Sister Richardson, & Nurse Ashton to tea. 16th Out again with the Sisters, in the car, went to Milford and had a look at the Isle of Wight & back to Christchu -rch for tea. 17th Went to Bourn -mouth with Lamb. 18th Went with Sister, Nurse Ashton & Aussie and several of the boys for a picnic. 19th Nothing much doing, went for

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August

creek coming home. 29th Guard & Strike 31st Met Vic Dally again. 1st L.G. instruction 2nd August. 12months today since I left home. 5th Guard. 8th Pay. 10th Walked to Codford with Wolfe &Dally Stopped all night, came back in the morning. 11th Went to Longleat Park & lake. 13th Inspec -ted by Gen, Sir Francis Howard 14th Went for a swim to Longleat "Buckshee" Pictures in the afternoon. Left O.T.B. about 7.30 Dally & Wolfe came down part of the way. Left Warminister about 10.15 p.m. Arrived at Folkestone early in the morning . Sailed about 12 noon. Arrived Bologne & went to a rest camp. All the Aussies broke bounds in the evening & went to the Rue de St Paul. 16th Left Bologne & came down to the base at Havre

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August

17th More gas. 18 Left Havre & went down down to Div. wing at St Leger. 20th marched to Vignacourt & got on the Light Railway & went to Dahors. March to the Div. rest camp. 21 Left camp & marched through Sailly-Le-Sec. The village is blown to pieces. We had dinner by the river & then a swim to cool us off. It is beautiful weather, a bit hot, but there are plenty of creeks etc, to swim in behind the line. Reached the Btn Horse Lines & heard that the Btn is to hop over in the morning. a pleasant welcome back. Later we went back to Corbie. 22nd I have been down in the lake all day swimming, it is just the weather to lie in the water. 23 Swimming again, got

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