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February 27th:
Leave Tel-el-Kebir for the Suez Canal. Arrive there about 3.30 p.m. We are now on the Arabian side of the canal. Plenty of sand. Great shortage of water.
February 29th:
Kit inspection. Lighten our kits to enable us to endure a longer march. In afternoon are taken for swimming parade in Suez Canal. Write to Mother and Jack.
March 1st:
A, C and D Companies go on outpost. We left at the base for guards and fatigues.
March 3rd:
Mount Guard at 1700.
March 4th:
Dusty day. We are paid one hundred Disasters. Jim Bryden goes to Hospital with mumps. Dismount guard at 1700. Have a yarn with Chas. Griffiths.
March 5th:
Sunday, Church Parade in the morning.
March 5th:
Sunday morning. Divine Service by Presbyterian Minister. Bathe in Canal (Suez) in afternoon.