Bouleaux Wood, 16th - 17th Sept 1917

On the 16th September the battalion took over the trenches north of Leuze Wood and west of Bouleaux Wood, relieving the 1st Londons from the trench they’d captured the previous day. The next day on the 17th Charles suffered a shrapnel wound to the face. The only related entry in the Battalion diary for this day reads;

“Constant bombing attacks on the flanks in Bouleaux wood”.

Charles was treated at number 48 Casualty Clearing Station at Gronetoron, before his evacuation to the 1st Australian General Hospital at Rouen where he spent two days recovering from his wound. On the 22nd of September he was discharged and proceeded to the 5th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples, before rejoining his Battalion on the 4th October. On the 3rd February 1917 he was granted his Good Conduct Badge.