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held today & they were a success. The 6th LH won most of the events. I went into Cairo in the afternoon & had a good hot bath & came out again shortly after tea.
Friday 11th Was Regtl. Orderly Sergeant. It is a fairly easy job but the waiting about all day I don't like. You are continuously on duty for 16 ½ hours & it gets a bit tiresome. I received some letters this week from Mother, Kate, Doug, Cousin Will Gordon & Nell Ferguson also a pair of sox from Violet Blair. The weather in the day time is fairly warm now but the nights are still cool & you can always do with a few blankets.
Saturday 12th Usual cleaning up parade in the lines all the morning.
I stayed in camp in the afternoon. Attended church parade on Sunday morning & went out to Abbassia in the afternoon to see Will Douglas but he wasn't in camp so returned to Cairo & called on Henry Newing. He was out, so I thought it was good enough then to get back