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, 23 June 2013
Diary Entry - 23rd June, 1918
The captain man takes Scottie and I round the OPs and forward gun and we seem to walk all round France. The Hun seems to be pretty tame, as we walked about in full view within 2000 yards of him and he never fired a round at us. When we got near the forward gun the Hun became unpleasant and we sat down in the valley to a flank to see if he was going to continue but when we had seen ten rounds we gave it up and went on to battalion. The Captain man seemed to try to put the wind up us, saying we would walk by a certain track but that it wasn't wise. However, the Hun was kind and took no notice of us.
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