Up @ 5:30 am. I March off at 8 am with General’s Orderly and an observer – Walls to Buneville. Go other side of Villers L’Hopital we get a ride on motor lorry to Estree-Wamin & I then walk thro’ Houvin-Houvigneul – Moncheaux, to Buneville 42nd at Moncheaux.
Had difficulty with billeting. Our billeting officers leave for next stopping place & hand over billets to a private. Have trouble with RCR transport officer on priority.
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Friday 20 October 1916
Left Ribeaucourt with General’s Orderly Pte Currie @ 7:30. Arr chateau de Beausoin at 11 am. General MacDonell is ill & goes to hospital. PP’s go to Ouen & RCK Villers L’Hopital.
Grand day. Capt Wallis goes to trenches @ Vimy. Get names of people re billeting chateau & villagers.
Wednesday 19 October 1916
No Entry
Tuesday 18 October 1916
No Entry
Monday 17 October 1916
No Entry
Monday 16 October 1916
Left Berteaucourt @ 6:30 passed thro’ Domart. Rested in cemetery. Reached Ribeaucourt @ 11 AM. General resides @ chateau with other Bde officers. Officers go for ride on horse-back thro’ the woods. Difficult billeting. Poor [houses?] cannot purchase food.
The family of de Bernfy resides in chateau but are away in Amiens @ present.
Sunday 15 October 1916
Pte Fetherstone & I get bikes & journey to Vignacourt, there had dinner at Café [Mignier?] & thence to Flixecourt. Lovely country. High wind makes “bike pushing” hard.
Saturday 14 October 1916
Take the observers out into the country & teach them sketching.
Visit the village of St. Ouen, big place & has a branch factory of Saint Freres there. Confer with Capt Wallis re files.
Pte Knowling went with me to St Ouen.
Friday 13 October 1916
Up at 5, off at 6 to Berteaucourt in Coy with L/c Hodge. Walk to Villers-Bocage & enter lorry there bound for Bernaville. Stop off @ Canaples. Walk to Berteaucourt & arr @ 1:30 PM. No billet for me so sleep in barn on straw with Cpl Harper.
Thursday 12 October 1916
Bde moves to Val de Maison at 12:15. L/c Hodge, Knowling & self walk on ahead. Pt Walls meets us at Val de Maison. He is 3 days absent.
I sleep in pig sty but on straw. Pt Peter Wallach is wounded in leg.
