Up about 7 o’clock and on duty. Not much to do. Wet day.
All posts by Arthur Linfoot
4 May 1918; Saturday
Up about 7 o’clock. Nothing doing all morning. Had pleasant walk at night to a neighbouring village. Wrote letter to Charlie. And received one from him.
3 May 1918; Friday
Up about 7 o’clock. Nothing to do all day. Wrote letters home and to Ernie. Received letter from home.
2 May 1918; Thursday
Up about 7 o’clock. Nothing to do all day after the morning. A civilian injured on the rail crossing and had his left foot amputated and his head injured. Operated on him during the night and at about 10 o’clock.
1 May 1918; Wednesday
Up about 7.30 and on duty. A few cases in in the morning. Some men of the 75 Field Ambulance got out on the road.
30 April 1918; Tuesday
Up about 7 o’clock and busy all day. Some very bad cases in. Three died – one after an operation and both legs amputated. First time the ambulance has performed such an operation. Had short walk at night. The line a lot quieter. Slept in the dugout again.
29 April 1918; Monday
Up about 7 o’clock and on duty. Fairly busy most of the day. A lot of shelling in the village. Mostly local casualties. Discovered little dugout for 4 of us at night and helped Bert Harman to build one. Slept well. A bit off colour still.
28 April 1918; Sunday
Felt pretty rotten in the morning and reported sick. Told to go to bed for a day. Lay in billet. Jerry sent some shells into the village at night. Slept rather badly.
27 April 1918; Saturday
Up about 7 in the morning. Sandbagging all morning. Received orders to move to the other side of the camp in the afternoon. Felt pretty bad and ran a temperature at night. Slept in a big hut.
26 April 1918; Friday
Up about 7 o’clock. On fatigue and waiting about most of the day. Still standing by.