Bill Pennock

Fellow officer
Mentioned: 1915, 1917
Comrades in the field

Bill Pennock (spelled "Penock" in the second diary) first arrives with the Fortress Company in October 1915. He would later serve in France, and is mentioned in the diary of Lieutenant John Bernard Brophy in September 1916. Wounded (a broken leg) in May 1917, and posted to a unit Robertson can't identify: "no one knows where it is."

Appears in the diary · 4 entries

1915

  • 31 October 1915… walk with Ted + Newt along the shore from Sandgate to Hythe. - Rough. - Bill Saunders gone back to Canada. - Bill Pennock + 2 other officers arrived with Fortress Co'y.
  • 31 October 1915second diaryRain - Bill Penock arr'd with draft

1917

  • 2 May 1917… Took a walk up to AUSBURGER to see Capt. Lynn. – 1st Bde. going after FRESNOY to-morrow morning. – Ben Bate, Pennock, Holloway & Staples all in for the show. – Seems like damn foolish to risk so many sapper …
  • 3 May 1917… em straight to Corps. – Lesson for the day - "When doing anything for Hdqrs, be liberal with the eyewash." – Pennock wounded. – Leg broken. Posted to PB unit but no one knows where it is. +80 (+25)
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