This is an extract from the diary of 24 year old Private J.W. Bickley of the New Zealand Division written on the day before the artillery battle at Minqar Qaim in the Western Desert in North Africa and the subsequent bloody breakout in the early hours of 28 June.
Up before dawn & on again to a good place - for a dug out that is. But about 1500 hrs we moved on again. Dug in again twice and then at dusk got word that the Hun was on top of us. We were hunted round badly & watched Ack-ack fire at Dorniers - none brought down. Then finally after moving about the whole area, we were attached to B Coy. We had to carry in our gear on our backs & I was still digging in at 2 a.m. Couldn't dig in anyway, all stone.
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