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Desert
17-5-16
My dear Judge
We are still out in this lovely place, the heat and flies are something ghastly. I got a small parcel from home yesterday and a bundle of letters which have been to the old Battalion & re-addressed to me here. I heard yesterday that my old Brigade has been in action. It made me feel a bit sorry for a while but in another letter I heard that Beiers my old Coy Commdr. had reported back to the Bn. & taken over my old Coy so that set my mind at rest again, and I am quite satisfied anyway that this is a better unit than the old one. I don't think we shall be long before we get away from this vile country & get into a bit of scrapping again.
The last letter I have from you is dated 2-4-16. I don't like the last part which mentions the possibility of a crown. There has been a big flutter in the promotion department lately and several of us have paraded to protest. I think it will all be straightened out but a crown is not even within sight at present. The trouble is over seniority.
I managed to get a 1 Company post of my own detached from the Bn. here for about a week & had a good time running the whole