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Feby 1916
24th – Auxilliary. Arrived & met unit at Abou-el-ela about 10pm. All horses loaded, wagons remaining till later train. At 11.30 pm train left. Holledge drunk & making a nuisance of himself. & King & M Wilson also helped to keep us awake. Had several "few minutes" of broken sleep.
[Note in margin:] Friday
25th Arrived at Serapeum on Canal at 4.30am. Detrained & thro out morning shifting equipment etc to our camp about 500 yards away. Station of Serapeum is two small one-roomed buildings, offices in fact & is situated about a miles on Egypt side of canal. All sand but sand moist just below surface. Filtered water brought from Ismailia about 13 miles away. Fresh water canal along side
Feby 1916
25th – of Rly to water horses. Pitched dispensary tent about 4.30 & got few drugs & dressings ready for emergency. Went to bed about 8pm & slept sound as a bell. Patients (mumps) as soon as we arrived.
26th – Got dispensary in order during morning, sick parades & everything O.K. Some busy sinking well & all busy getting camp in order. Not many initial difficulties. Campaigning makes perfect & all old hands know what's what. Quite a number of newie's first experiences. Got snap of Bengal Lancers & detraining at Serapeum yesty morning. Extra camp piquets to be provided & all subdivisions of unit to take their share of it. Doing dispensary duties as before. Capt Appleford told me Sisters Skinner & Morton going to No. 4 Aux. Did not bring his hypo with him