Item 03: Gordon Macrae diary, 20 January 1917-18 April 1918 - Page 71

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September 1917
easily & got back a little after 8. Some were not in till 9 oclock.

Friday 14th
Had the exam before breakfast. The results were out before 12 oclock. I got the possible the papers were not very hard & they mark very liberally. We got a car into town & had lunch at St James. Went visiting in the afternoon. Had to take a few Australians to spend the afternoon with Mrs Price so I took my own friends. We met quite number of people & Mrs Davies Bryan took us off & showed us her collection of curiosities which are very good. Mr Bryan being a keen collector & an old resident of Cairo.
Jim Nevitt (one of ours) was celebrating his birthday, so a little party of us had dinner together & drank his health in champagne. This was our last evening, but I was satisfied with my spell at the school. We got a car home about 11 oclock.

Saturday 15th
School broke up this morning & went away by special train. Got to Moascar

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