Item 01: Leslie William Sutherland diary, 24 September 1914 - 23 September 1915 - Page 191

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13 December 1914
Sunday

Revielle at 6.30
As I'm writing this the men in the YMCA are singing hymns which sound lovely in a sin sodden hole like this & make you wish that you were home. Nell dear I'd give everything to be with you now if only for an hour. All motor cyclists met in Cairo at 3 pm opposite Sheppards Café 29 in all & had our dials taken & then went from there to Mena had a drink at the Pyramids & then climbed em had a look at the Sphinx, got our dials taken again & then set sail for home, it took us 22 minutes to do the 17 mile. Frean as usual loses himself but eventually turns up. I write home to Dad also met Ian Metchers brother who knows the Chats well, having met them in Malven House. Corporal of the Piquet again & have now to feed up it's the worry of my life Bed 9.30.

14 December 1914
Monday 8 weeks out from Home

Revielle at 6.
Stables as usual & I'm orderly sergeant for the day. Saddles are placed on the horses for the first time & they behave very well. Toby is attached to Head Quarters as dispatch rider & is sent out to the New Zealand camp which he reports to be a much better one than ours he gets back at 9 & is ordered to stand by on the morrow. We heard also that the Aust second force had been disbanded & the men given a bonus of £10 each & placed on the Reservists. No mail arrives yet & two more men off to the Citidel with dysentery. Jack Latham is also to go but bluffed the doctor to let him stay on. Bert Lachin returns from hospital & is kicked out of the mess. Pow wow is held by the CO & [indecipherable] sergeant & the others don't invite us to supper turn in early after playing Jenkins chess nearly beating him in all four games. Bed at 8.30 pm Lights out 9.30