Item 06: Fred Harold Tomlins war diary, 16 August-22 November 1916 - Page 64

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[Page 64]

his opinion this afternoon on the Light Horses Brigades being turned into fatigue parties to clean up Camps after the Yeomanry had left them & to top matters up an English Tommy rode up dismounted & put his nose bag on his horse filled with the best Australian chaff while our horses who have been doing all the heavy work have not seen the color of chaff since they came to Egypt but are fed on barley straw (Tibbin) We have heard rumors that consignments of chaff have been sent to Egypt from Australia for us, & it would be interesting to know what quantity has been sent, for we know where it goes to this end, it is all reserved for the English troops, our horses

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