4 World War I Diaries of Ernest Arthur Bucknall, (Auckland mounted Rifles) the writers first diary starts at a camp at Mudros West at Lemnos, after the evacuation of Gallipoli. Diary 2 and 3 seem to cover being discharged from hospital and returning to Egypt. Then returning to duties and accepted to the Imperial camel Corp, 19/7/1916, fighting Turks in the Sinai Peninsula, Palestine, Gaza etc. Details of the diaries as follow; Diary no 1, starts Jan 4th 1916 and finishes Jan 12th, these details are transferred to a new diary no 2 starting Jan 1916. Written in the rear of Diary no 1 (dates altered) to start Saturday Nov 12th 1915 his diary writings go until wed 4th Jan 1916 and now back to diary no 2 starting Jan 1916 and finishes Aug 1st 1916. Diary no 3 starts Jan 1st 1917 and goes to Dec 31st 1917. Diary no 4 starts Jan 1918 finishes Dec 1918. the writer left New Zealand 27/8/1914, seems to have served in Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915/16/17 & 1918.