Item 02: Frank Valentine Weir letter diary, 2 January-31 December 1916 - Page 141

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[Page 141]

[Sunday 21 May 1916]

That Bob Ronald of the 6th Light Horse (from Nap Nap) he is well but like everyone else looks a lot older-
6 Bags of mail at B.H.Q. so hope for News.
We are working along the road Napoleon took in his great March to Egypt & back- All soakage Wells & brackish at that, but we are doing proper Light Horse work  €“ at last. Picked up a fine Bomb dropped by our own aeroplanes it had not burst so we buried it carefully & well in the sand.
Church Parade today.
The Bomb was supposed to have been dropped on the Turks they retired from Canal

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