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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Pozieres Sept 11/16
No 6,7,9 & 12 Platoons will each arrange to have enough shovels
have enough shovels for every NCO & man in the platoons. They will be obtained from Capt. MacKenzie at A Coy Hq. Platoons will arrange to leave A Coy Hq in the order 12 9 6 7 8. No 12 platoon to leave not later than 6.45 pm and return through Batt Hq to front line. One guide will meet leading platoon at Batt Hq.
Departing Platoon will follow this departure until A Coy is clear.
[?] Col.
Ken Taylor killed in this job.
BC Archives, MS-2879, Box 83, File 1 CREASE FAMILY "Diary of the War", diary and scrapbook of Arthur Douglas Crease, 1915-1919.