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- Diary of Joseph B. Clearihue, Lieutenant of the Canadian Field Artillery during the First Great War 1914 to 1919.
Introduction
I had finished my studies in Law at the University of Oxford in July, 1914, had forwarded ray baggage on an English Tran6-Atlantic Steamer to Canada and had reserved a passage on an English Trans- Atlantic Steamer leaving Naples in September. In the meantime I arrived in Paris on July 15th to continue my study of French for a period of about six weeks with the intention of then travelling to Italy as a tourist and sailing for New York as planned.
In the meantime war was declared, the French mobilised on August 2 and by September the Germans were within sight of the Murve. I left Parris on September 5th on an American Refugee organized train for La Havre, duly arrived in England and later in my home in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. I then enlisted in the 5th Regiment Canadian Garrison Artillery and did service as an Artillery Lieutenant in Fort Macaulay in Esquimalt until early in 1916.
When transferred for overseas service in the 62nd Battery, Canadian Field Artillery. We trained at Petawawa in Ontario and in England. In the meantime the Batteries were reorganized and I was transferred with my battery section of Artillery to the 51st Battery of the 13th Brigade of Canadian Field Artillery. We left for duty in France on August 15, 1917.
Whilst in Paris in August 1914 and in France from August 15, 1917 I kept a diary of my activities.
A copy of the same may be of interest.
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