Item 01: Fred Harold Tomlins war diary, 21 August 1914 - 20 March 1915 - Page 90

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24-12-14
& then came straight back, we went close by the Khedive's Palace & saw a good many English people. The parade was an exceptionally long one as all the L. H. (New Zealanders included) paraded & were followed by the infantry I believe. Cpl Nelson, Cpl Howarth & I went to town & had a very enjoyable time

Thur 24th
Mounted parade this morning, were riding around enjoying enjoying the "scenery" (all [indecipherable]) after dinner we were told to cart stones & put them around the tents & some very artistic work was done & the stones were all white-washed. The map of Aus. was drawn with an emu on one side & the kangaroo on the other around one tent & also planted a couple of palms. I hope we are

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