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[Letterhead of the Grand Continental Hotel, Cairo, Egypt]December 18th 1915
Dear Dad Mum & All
Still in Cairo and no prospect of a move from this truly horrible place. I am really longing to get back, for after all Gallipoli is the only place this side of the Meridian where I have been truly contented.
I was expecting promotion about this time had I still remained on the peninsula with the Battn. But now I expect that it will be, held back for a
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