Thursday 19th April 1917

Trenches in the Hill 60 sub-sector, opposite the Caterpillar

Conditions remained quiet and the weather began to improve.

Less than two weeks after re-joining the Battalion, Pte. Arthur Lumb (see 8^th April) was wounded in an accident in the trenches. He suffered a gunshot wound to his right thigh; he would be evacuated via 17^th Casualty Clearing Station at Remy Sidings to 13^th General Hospital at Boulogne. The injury proved to be severe and would result in the amputation of his leg. An investigation of the circumstances concluded that the injury was accidental and that no blame should be attributed.

L.Cpl. George Heeley (see 8^th March) was promoted Acting Corporal.

Pte. James Wilson (see 25^th October 1915), who had been transferred to the ASC as a lorry driver with the Motor Transport Section in October 1915, was evacuated to England, suffering from dysentery. On arrival in England he was admitted to Addington Park War Hospital, Croydon.

Pte. William Frederick Ackrill (see 14^th January), who had been in hospital in England since having been wounded in January, was posted to 3DWR at North Shields.

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