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walk 3 miles through soft sand & drag our kits with us. some did not last. On arrival we found ourselves in the middle of a large stretch of sand with very little tucker & our camp to erect. It was called Isolation "it looked it"However we managed the job & how I slept that night on sand & my first night in Egypt.Thursday June 21Reveille 4.30 AM Very hot day. Number of aeroplanes flying over Camp with the Red & White & Blue rings.Seems a pretty desolate spot. They tell us we will be here for a few weeks for Isolation. Straightening up campFriday June 22 On Fatigue (nuff sed)Saturday June 23Erecting Field Hospital. Leave not permitted from Camp until Isolation lifted
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