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are soon getting about, they wash their feet & pray, then go about their work. They are very hard on their donkeys, one in a cart fell over & cut itself badly in several places it also had a lot of old sores. The natives put in the harness again, but one Boy's made him take him out & get another donkey.
Wednesday 24th May 1916 weather good. Thursday also good. Friday on guard in the afternoon & night, in the morning we marched through the native quarters (our section) Saturday under orders to pack up, we left camp at 5.30 & entrained in trucks for Alexandria, we got away from Tel-el-Kebir at about 8 PM arriving at Alexandria at about 3 AM where we embarked, there being about 600 odd A.M.C. & about 1900 of other branches of the service. Sunday 28th May we stayed in harbour all day & night, the food being very plain. Monday we left Alexandria at about 8.30 AM on the steamer Corsican of the "Allan" line about 11,000 tons, she has a 6in gun mounted on her stern, we are convoyed by two small cruisers on torpedo boats one leaving us about 5pm. Tuesday still lovely weather.
We rise 6 AM breakfast 7 AM parade, 9.30 dinner 12.30 parade 3 PM tea 5 PM. Our other escort left us today. Food is very bad, bread sour, porridge is crook & no sugar & milk, butter is like margarine & smells like little black ants, we soon run out