Edward Walford Manifold was born on 28th April 1892 and grew up in the Western District of Victoria. Together with his older brother William Herbert (Bee), he travelled to England to join the Royal Field Artillery when World War I broke out. Day by day, this blog publishes his letters home and the entries he made in his diaries, from 1915 when he was first sent to France until 1918 when his service ends. (To follow on Twitter: manifold1418)
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Sunday, 5 June 2011
Diary Entry - 5th to 6th June, 1916
At the guns throughout the day and, as Siggers was liaison officer to the infantry, I had to go to the OP again. I relieved Bee from the 15th and saw a nice new hole (10-cm gun) about ten yards short, which Bee told me nearly blinded him soon after I left on the previous night. All was quiet throughout the day, but Bosche seemed to be moving a lot of stuff per rail. His rail head seemed to be Bois St Bernard, right across the big plain. On coming back, I was pleased to see Kellagher, with a Military Cross - it had just been awarded him.
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