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Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Diary Entry - 6th September, 1916

In the afternoon, having no duties to perform, I strolled over to the 15th battery to look Bee up. He was at the OP, so I strolled up there and found him conversing with a machine gun person and they were discussing the front. So interested were they that they did not notice me enter. While I was there the 48s rang up and said I was to go on a gas course. Bee had no letters or any news, so I came back to the batteries, being pursued by jackos and woolies.
Posted by zmkc at 07:30

4 comments:

  1. Denis Wright8 September 2011 at 09:39

    Can't help wondering what jackos and woolies are....

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  2. zmkc9 September 2011 at 08:09

    I'm hoping another reader will be able to explain.

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  3. dne112 September 2011 at 06:52

    'jackos' and 'woolies' represent different forms of shellburst, i seem to remember. 'Jackos' - were I presume 'jack johnsons' (the common term in 1914) ..the black bursts of large calibre German artillery shell.[after Jack Johnson the world heavyweight boxing champion].... 'woolies' were from 'woolly bears' .. I think .. shells with lots of smoke attached .. or something like that. 'Coal Boxes' was another type ..

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  4. zmkc15 September 2011 at 20:19

    I was hoping you'd come up trumps, dne1

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