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uired, nor need any contributor worry about style. It will be sufficient to merely set down actual occurrences and give the names of persons and places, also the dates and times. Anecdotes with reference to any Member of the Battalion are valuable and serve to lighten the story. The following notes are made for the purpose of assisting the memories of those who are willing to help:-- I. FRANCE, 1916.--Marseilles to Thiennes. Steenbecque, Morbecque, Hazebrouck, Erquingham, Armentieres, Rue Marle, Bois Grenier, Lille Post, l'Epinette, First Raid, Rue Dormoire, Red Lodge, Messines, La Plus Douve Farm. Move to Somme, Bertangles, Amiens, Warloy, The Brickfields, La Boisselle, Pozieres, Ypres, Flers, Geudecourt, Waterlot Farm. II. FRANCE, 1917.--Le Sars, Warlencourt, Malt Trench, Lagnicourt, Bapaume, Bullecourt, Noreuil, Senlis, Renescure, Passchendaele, Reninghelst, Swan Area, Broodseinde Ridge, Dickebusch, Albert Redoubt, Fletre, Steenvoorde, Aldershot Camp, Red Lodge, Neuve Eglise, Warneton Sector, Romarin Camp. III. FRANCE, 1918.--Warneton Sector, Kortepyp Camp, Romarin, Locre, Le Waast. Return to Somme, Ville-sur-Ancre, Morlancourt, Monument Wood, Villers-Bretonneux, Herleville Ridge, Mt. St. Quentin, Haut Allaines, Beaurevoir. The Armistice. Move to and stay at Charleroi. Demobilising. Quotas. Journey to England. IV. Waiting for transports. Voyage to Australia. V. Incidents in Billets. The French and Belgian peasantry. VI. Schools of Instruction in France and England. VII. Tours of duty in Training Camps in England. VIII. Description and incidents of Hospital life. IX. Occurrences and places visited whilst on leave. X. Happenings to officers and men who, after enlisting in the 28th Battalion, were transferred to other units. XI. Experiences of Prisoners of War. The Compiler would welcome any spare photographs of persons, places, and events, which are likely to be of general interest. It is particularly desirable to secure portraits of all those Members who were decorated for gallant service or were, for other reasons, well known in the Unit. _ERRATA._ Page 175.--Opposite the name of Lamb, C. H., delete "Mentioned in Despatches." Page 196.--Opposite the name of Rickman, F. O., add "Mentioned in Despatches." Page 206.--Opposite
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