Item 07: Fred Harold Tomlins war diary, 23 November 1916-18 January 1917 - Page 58

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in my application for leave as all the boats are running late & Lieut. Kater who is going to Port Said tomorrow is to try & find out the date the boat will arrive at Suez; I told Colonel Granville that I heard at Bde yesterday that Lieut Sutherland was in charge of the Signallers in Details & that he is B Class for 6 months & asked the CO if he thought it advisable for me to put in an application for a Commission. he told me he would enquire; we had a heavy shower of rain last night but were under good shelter & remained dry.; An order came through this morning saying Maj. Gen. Chaytor who is in command of the Desert Column would say a few words to us at 2.30 & we

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