Ten Years Ago Today, item 25

• December 13, 2016 04:45:25 Sue Bryant

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  the bullet had gone clean through my arm near

  the shoulder joint, had splayed out against the

  thick bone and gone on through the shoulder

  blade leaving a hole in my back as big as a

  tea saucer and I was bleeding badly.

                  Accompanied by the two privates I started to

  walk down, fortified somewhat by a stiff dose

  of neat whiskey which I still retained in my pocket.

  as I passed my solitary signaller I gave him

  a message for Brigade telling them I was wounded

  and asking them to send a relief.

                  After walking back for half a mile I began

  to feel to exhausted to go any farther so I sent

  back my two men to their little company of

  mortar-men & awaited a stretcher. I was feeling

  quite happy: I had a little more whiskey &

  a smoke, and soon saw an empty stretcher

  with a couple of bearers going to the front line.

  they didn’t want to take me as I looked quite

  alright except for one arm & I fancy

  they thought I was rather lazy to want carrying

  back, when they could have been busy with more

  serious cases. However they did take me and I

  was extremely obliged to them in spite of the most

  excruciating pain at every jolt of the stretcher

  and believe me it did jolt.

                  Well girlies my tale of this day is nearly

  done and little more remains to be said.

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