Item 01: H. V. Berry diary, 14 June 1915-27May 1916 - Page 45

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[Page 45]

very dirty mixed race, you never see two dressed alike they wear anything. The chap in charge carries a stick & whacks any of them that try to loaf.
Egyptian police, fine men, carry a long cane & whack any of the men who they have occasion to speak to, strange to see them trying to duck away from the stick like a schoolboy. Interesting to watch them diving for money; hold what they get in their mouth till it is full then fill their hands. A couple of Indian Stretcher bearers came on board & took off men for hospital. Train load of Indian troops, who have been in action

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