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[Page eight and nine of Diary of Joseph Cecil Thompson begun April 1915. Entries for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th of May and 16th June 1915. Action and casualities, Gallipoli]

Transcript - Sunday 2nd May Still in same position and expect to relieve the trenches again this afternoon. Big shells burst very close in early morning. Obtain fresh medical supplies. Easy afternoon.

Monday 3rd Still s[p?h?]elling. One man killed by a stray bullet, and one wounded. Germans bombard ships & one [shot hits?], but no damage done.

Thursday 4th Releive [sic]11th Batt at 8:30 on extreme right. Lost one man in night, shot through side. Mail received here & I receive 3 letters. Things very quiet on general front. Attempt made at daylight to take Turkish forts but we are repulsed by heavy fire. Quiet [n]ight.

Wednesday 5th Busy reading papers & sending postcards home. [page eight ends here]

[page nine starts here] June 16 1915 Carved three crosses two for Bell and Tyrrell & Kirby & one for the men who fell since we occupied this right flank.

June 16

Attack to be made on turks trenches tonight at 9-30. Six S. B. [stretcher bearers] to accompany the party. Attack to be made by three separate parties under Leut.[?] Benson. Promises to be something doing, as Turks have shelled us heavily during this afternoon but without doing much damage or injurying[sic] any men.
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Source Diary of 494 Sergeant Joseph Cecil Thompson, Gallipoli 1915. Pages eight and nine.
Author Ellen Thompson from Brisbane, Australia

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