After a brief period in trenches near Arras, the 4th SAI move to the “Y” huts near Etrun and then onto Ostreville for a period of training before returning back to the vicinity of Arras.
Meanwhile, on the 17th March, Donald marries Marion Grizelda Guillum Scott at St. Stephen’s, Kensington. The ceremony is partly performed by Donald’s brother Rev. Francis Whittaker Hunt. Marion is the daughter is Sir Arthur Guillum Scott (Accountant-General at the India Office) and of Lady Scott, formerly of 41 Lexham Gardens, Kensington. After the wedding they rent a furnished flat at 19 Emperor’s Gate, South Kensington.