| Diary for Pte Arthur Esdon
59302
21st
Canadian Battalion
May 1918
May 1, 1918 |
Parade as usual
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May 2, 1918 |
Parade as usual
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May 3, 1918 |
Parades in am as usual, in afternoon an 8 mile
route march full marching order
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May 4, 1918 |
Parade as usual, off in afternoon
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May 5, 1918 |
Church parade as usual. Wet. No
Staff parade
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May 6, 1918 |
Parade as usual
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May 7, 1918 |
Parade as usual
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May 8, 1918 |
Parade as usual
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May 9, 1918 |
Parade as usual. Muster parade at 4.30 pm
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May 10, 1918 |
Parade as usual
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May 11, 1918 |
Parades in am.
Sports in afternoon
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May 12, 1918 |
Church Parade in forenoon. On midnight pass scraped skin off my hand as
bicycle skidded
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May 13, 1918 |
On excused duty. Paid £1-10
at 6 pm tonight
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May 14, 1918 |
On excused duty
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May 15, 1918 |
On excused duty
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May 16, 1918 |
On excused duty
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May 17, 1918 |
On excused duty
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May 18, 1918 |
On excused duty
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May 19, 1918 |
On excused duty
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May 20, 1918 |
Same, rather feverish
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May 21, 1918 |
Same, feverish
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May 22, 1918 |
Better, excused duty
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May 23, 1918 |
On excused duty
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May 24, 1918 |
On parade as usual, only CO’s Parade as
it is a Holiday
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May 25, 1918 |
On Parade, got put on draft
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May 26, 1918 |
On Parade.
Kit inspection by Adjutant D Master
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May 27, 1918 |
Adjutant’s inspection this am. CO’s inspection in afternoon
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May 28, 1918 |
On Brigade inspection this morning. Walter came down on 9 o’clock train
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May 29, 1918 |
With him all today. Draft pulls out tonight. Feeling fine and glad to get to business again
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This is the end of the diary. He went to join the 2nd Battalion
Machine Gun Corps
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