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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Saturday, 10 September 2011
Diary Entry - 10th September, 1916
In the afternoon we were put into a room full of chlorine gas and were only allowed to use the pH helmet, but beyond feeling a dry throat and irritation about the nose and eyes it did not seem very terrible. We came out after about eight minutes of it.
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