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couldn't get away as all town leave was stopped owing to the big row the previous day.
Sunday 4thThere was a combined Protestant Church parade in the cinema tent in the morning. Segt Major Knowles sang a couple of solos. Nothing doing in the afternoon. No leave granted.
Monday 5thA very windy dusty day. Was on pumping fatigue with 2 men from each squadron. We paid a couple of niggers a few piastres to do the work, & did nothing ourselves. The 2nd & 3rd Reinforcements to this Regt arrived in camp today. There were nearly 100 of them. Wrote a letter to Doug.
Tuesday 6thB Squadron went out on patrol duty. 2 troops did the scouting going out & the other 2 coming back.
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