Arthur Douglas Crease Letters, Diaries and Scrapbooks
Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease of Victoria to his brother Lindley Crease and his mother Sarah Crease; instructions for the offensive of July 26, 1917; a regimental notebook, diaries and scrapbook. Learn more.
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BC Archives MS-0055; BC Archives MS-2879
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duties. Enough not only to keep the fighting line strong but also to release for less strenuous and dangerous work those who are getting worn out and only fit for work behind the lines and in England.
My recent experience a few days ago of a heavy front line strafe shows me that I could not stand that life much longer & I so told the Colonel. He has therefore consented to my going to Division for special court martial work if they apply for me.
They say they will do so but that is not anything to be relied on. I have very good friends at Division who without any motion on my behalf or by myself have selected me for this work & have approved results but there are all sorts of difficulties, such as limited
BC Archives, MS-0055 Box 15 File 4 / CREASE FAMILY / Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease to his brother, Lindley Crease, 1918.