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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Monday, 4 June 2012
Diary Entry - 4th June, 1917
Walford: Hoyland arrived at ten a.m., having done a tour of France on the railways. Bellew on duty. Sandford goes off on leave at one p.m. A vet Colonel comes round after stables and looks at the horses, evacuating five myths for skin disease - I suppose he has to keep his job by always finding cases.
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