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13 April 1915Tuesday
Revielle at 5.30Light horse are now at the bayonets for all they know & reinforcements are up to their eyes in work in the morning I had to go into Cairo first to the Garage & then to the Base Records arriving back at 12.30 for lunch. Chas Cox & myself pull our machines to bits & Charlie's is in an awful state. I got the long looked for photo yesterday from Nell & it's a beaut. Nothing could have pleased me better. The MP make a raid on Heliopolis & capture about 60 Inf who missed their regiments when they embarked. Our reinforcements arrive & are of no class as usual. Today has been very warm & oppressive & next week we are to get helmets. Mick has fractured his shoulder. Men down with dysentery. Bed 10.5
14 April 1915Wednesday 35 wks of soldiering
Revielle at 5.30Signalling for ½ hour previous to stables then I was sent over to [indecipherable] for attestation papers of new men they were in at the Base so whilst there I meet Joe G out again at lunch & then am again sent in with C. Cox we held the long awaited race & I won both heats. Charlie broke 4 tapid rods laid off for repairs for the time being we left the gigger at Cairo & he came home on my scrap. The first fruits of the Regimental funds came to light haversacks [indecipherable] etc. J. Wills has added to our menagerie by purchasing a white rat. The 3rd Brigade & 4th Reg are to shift camp over to here from Mena so goodbye us leaving this hole for some time yet. [indecipherable] has his scrap down at last. Bed 10.30.
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