Item 01: Cameron Robertson war diary, 18October-20 December 1914 - Page 45

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Dec 8th 1914
The Coinage of Egypt
Nickel – English
2 milimes – ½ d
5 milimes – 1 ¼ d
10 milimes (1 pisatre) – 2 ½ d
Silver
1 piastre – 2 ½ d
2 piastres – 5 d
5 piastres – 1.0 ½
10 piastres – 2. 1
20 piastres – 4. 2
100 piastres - £ 1- 0- 0

Egyptian sovereign very rarely seen.
£ 1 in English worth ---97 ½ pias
10/- " " " ---48 ½ piastres
Bought in Albany, Western Australia October 30th 1914. When the 1st Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force visited visited there while on their way to help the Allies in their fight against the Germans.
They were landed at Alexandra, Egypt instead of proceeding to England on December 8, 1914.
Posted to Australia from Mena Camp
December 20 - 1914
Mena
Cairo
Egypt

[Transcriber's notes:
Page 5. Saldanha= Saldana
Page 22. Sokatra = Socotra Island, Yemen
Page 27. Frederichs Haven = Friedrichshafen]

[Transcribed by David Lambert, Ros Bean for the State Library of New South Wales]