June 5, 1917
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A. Section now with us and I am doing general duties. Have had a couple of outings on a horse. On Sunday I rode to Miramount passing over one of the most keenly contested battlefields of the war, i.e.,Thiepval, Beaumont-Hamel, etc. Although spring had improved the appearance of the country, signs were not wanting of the fearful shelling. Saw where a shell had buried itself in a tree without exploding.
To-night rode to Hedencourt, a village favoured by Napoleon, the Chateau being a splendid place surrounded by beautiful woods and parks through which we had a splendid gallop. Now having regular swims in the Ancre, and find it hard to take. Decorations out for the last stunt, we receiving four military medals, and the Colonel a D.S.O., our Ambulance easily holds the place of being one of the two best in the A.I.F.
NOTE: The next diary entry is June 17