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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Thursday, 28 February 2013
Diary Entry - 28th February, 1918
Take a ride round in the morning for exercise and find a very nice patch of clover over near Bus. The Major comes down for lunch and says the ploughing is going on all right. I forgot to add that it was the Major's idea to cultivate some of the ground so he got permission to carry on from the Corps agricultural officer, an old gunner colonel dug out. In afternoon Barrett, Robson and self do a little revolver practice near the gun park and fire off 50 rounds a piece.
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