The regiment is in combat and skills training at the “Y” huts near Étrun and then at Berneville.
On the 25th July, in a letter home by Cpl A.W. Cloete-Smith of the 2nd SAI wrote …
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Major D. Hunt was popular. No matter when and in the most unlikely places, he would come out with “Ha! Ha! Get your hair cut”. His way of getting new drafts was in this fashion :-
“How many men, Sergeant-Major?”
“Sixty men, Sir!”
“Ha! Ha! One shell and you’ll all be dead. Ha! Ha! Get your hair cut.”
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Towards the end of the month the 4th SAI move south to Bertincourt in the north of the Somme area to relieve the 6th London Regiment in divisional reserve.
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