Item 02: Geoffrey Rose memoir based on war diaries and letters, 28 May 1918-18 August 1918

Geoffrey Vaughan Rose war diaries and papers, 1916-1919

Describes fighting near Amiens, balloon strafing by the Germans, bombardments, capture of prisoners July 29 1918, the battle at Amiens, 8 Aug. 1918, description of a German casualty clearing station, 8 Aug. 1918, work mending broken telephone wires under fire, gas attacks, the attack on the Hindenburg Line 29 Sept. 1918, leave in England and Scotland 23 Oct.-6 No. 1918, treatment for infected boils 29 Dec. 1918, demobilisation activities in France and Belgium, leave in Paris 6-16 Apr. 1919, departure for England 12 May 1919 and embarking on the Port Melbourne 5 July 1919, arriving at Port Adelaide 18 Aug. 1919.
Includes photographs, sketches and hand-drawn maps

Item 02: Geoffrey Rose memoir based on war diaries and letters, 28 May 1918-18 August 1918

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