Saturday 8th April 1916

Billets at Sains-en-Gohelle (Coron Fosse 10)

Conditions were again quiet, with little to report, other than some desultory German shelling of the pithead at Fosse 10.

Pte. George Henry Hansford (see 7^th January) was admitted via 70^th Field Ambulance and 23^rd Casualty Clearing Station to 9^th General Hospital at Rouen, suffering from ‘trench foot’ to his right heel.

Trooper Claude Darwin (see 6^th April), who had been released from hospital two days earlier, following a period of illness, was transferred from  5^th Australian Army Service Corps (AASC) and joined his former unit, 11^th Australian Light Horse, at Heliopolis. He was the brother of Tunstill recruit, Pte. Tom Darwin, who had recently re-joined 10DWR following a period of illness (see 4^th April).