Topic: BatzP - Surafend
Surafend, the massacre
Palestine, 10 December 1918
Mayes Account
Lieutenant Edward Rupert Mayes's account of his actions
The following account by Lieutenant Edward Rupert Mayes, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, details events he witnessed during the day leading up to the events at Surafend.
About 2000 on the night of the 10th inst I received order from my CO to report to the Brigade Major at the 6th Regiment Officers' Mess. I did so immediately and he told me to gather any Machine Gun Squadron men I could find in the 6th Regiment lines. I found a number of men on the top of the hill watching the fire and I asked if any Machine Gun men were amongst them. There were none there. I found that all Machine Gun men who had been there had returned to their lines.
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Citation: Surafend, the massacre, Palestine, 10 December 1918, Mayes Account
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Updated: Wednesday, 20 January 2010 1:57 PM EAST
