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, 30 June 2013
Diary Entry - 30th June, 1918
OP at eight a.m. Hun two-seaters are rather busy patrolling, so ask for some scouts and at ten thirty a.m. 5 come out and down a Hun in flames - only one chap tackled him, an SE5, and had the Hun cold. A good light all day and fire 90 rounds at various targets. The Major takes the CO of the battalion up to show him his SOS lines but the latter seemed so frightened in the front line that I don't think he saw a round. However, they were quite all right.
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