Tuesday 31 October, 1916

Pte Walls, Whiteside (sleuth) and Crawford are out in Quarry road building an O.P. Enemy busy with his trench mortars. I observe from an “Iron Tree” O.P. enemy shell this area & – I have to leave as am all alone & carry plans.
At 3 PM enemy aeroplane flies overhead. Col Pelly returns from England. Major A Adamson assumes OC of PPCLI.