Contains one exercise book used as a diary by W.E. Short from 1915-1917, recorded in ink, ruled, with numbered pages and daily entries. Includes details of daily life in the trenches, training activities, weather, places billeted, battle details, camp events and leisure activities, parades and marches, and the difficulties of procuring rations and mail.

Contains one exercise book used by W.E. Short as a diary from 1917-1919, recorded in ink, ruled, and with daily entries. Includes details relating to daily life in the trenches, training activities, weather, places billited, battle details, camp events and leisure activities, parades and marches, the difficulties of procuring rations and mail, a Battalion daily schedule, and end of war activities.