Sunday 2nd June 1918

Support positions near Cesuna.

In the evening the Battalion moved into the front line north-west of Mount Kaberlaba; relieving 9Yorks. Initially three Companies would occupy the front line with the fourth in support. However, under the terms of a new defensive scheme organised by Brigadier General Archibald Bentley Beauman DSO (see 26^th May), a series of three new strongpoints, to be known as Doncaster, Halifax and Hartlepool redoubts, were to be constructed over the following days. Once completed, two companies would hold the front line with the third garrisoning the redoubts. 

Sgt. Alfred Dolding (see 15^th February) and Ptes. Frederick Betts (see 29^th October 1917) and Charles Henry Russell (see 5^th May) departed on two weeks’ leave to England.

Battalion Medical Officer Capt. Leslie Fraser Eiloart Jeffcoat (see 14^th May) left the Battalion to join 69^th Field Ambulance. He was temporarily replaced by Capt. Treffry Owen Thompson of the RAMC.

Pte. William Herbert Websdale (see 4^th April) was admitted to 70^th Field Ambulance suffering from “P.U.O.” (pyrexia, or high temperature, of unknown origin); he would be discharged and return to duty four days later.

Capt. Dick Bolton MC (see 20^th May) and Lt. William George Wade (see 25^th April)  departed on two weeks’ leave in Italy. They would spend time in Rome, staying in Frascati, and on the island of Capri, in the Bay of Naples, as illustrated by photographs kept by Bolton (images by kind permission of Henry Bolton).

Pte. Alfred Edward Wybrow MM (see 5^th January), serving in France with 2DWR, was appointed Lance Corporal.