Harry Redgen's experience in Burma 1914-1916, item 104

• December 6, 2016 15:58:08 Jake Warren

  Necks in a kind of Blueish clay what it was

  I can say but I know it stuck like glue & when

  we had finished we looked a lot of navies after

  laying a Len Kuile drain pipe. There was a deal

  more clay on the men than on the ground

  after we had finished this it was impossible to give

  us anything else to do as we were in such a mess

  that we were glad to have a good bathe & a feed.

   

  Thurs Mar 18 1915

   

  To day before Breakfast we had the usual

  aeroplane Formation Drill & then Breakfast at

  9-o-clock. After Breakfast we had nothing to

  do for the rest of the day as we were booked

  for night opperations. I must say a few words

  about these as I think they were the most

  exciting performance. I have ever been in. In the

  first Place we were devided out into companys

  2 company’s being on the attack & 4 company’s

  being on the Defence. The attacking companys

  (C & G) were then marched about 2 miles

  on the other side of the River. The Main Idea

• November 29, 2016 00:54:07 Sue Bryant

  Necks in a kind of Blueish clay what it was

  I can say but I know it stuck like glue & when

  we had finished we looked a lot of navies after

  laying in a Len Kuile drain pipe. There was a deal

  more clay on the men than on the ground

  after we had finished this it was impossible to give

  us anything else to do as we were in such a mess

  that we were glad to have a good bathe & a feed.

   

  Thurs Mar 18 1915

   

  To day before Breakfast we had the usual

  aeroplane Formation Drill & then Breakfast at

  9-o-clock. After Breakfast we had nothing to

  do for the rest of the day as we were booked

  for night opperations. I must say a few words

  about these as I think they were the most

  exciting performance. I have ever been in. In the

  first Place we were devided out into companys

  2 company’s being on the attack & 4 company’s

  being on the Defence. The attacking companys

  (C & G) were then marched about 2 miles

  on the other side of the River. The Main Idea

  
  

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