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saddles here waiting to see what they are going to do they are talking about sending us to France with our horses I wish they would this place is full of soldiers Ken Hay & those other fellows are here but I have not been talking to them yet Dear Ted this is the first letter I got & the only one yet I ought to get some from home but there is about ten-ton of mail to be sorted yet so I might have a bit of luck
Hutchinson & I are going to Cairo on Sunday for the day there is a lot of wounded going back to Australia from here in a day or two & a lot of rejects & deceased from the hospitals I think some of our fellows will go astray too it is a different place to Sydney & they don't see, to see any danger
Dear Ted I have no more news this time so will say bye with best wishes to all from your loving brother Charlie
[Written on side of letter:]
General Maxwell inspected our Brigade this morning & said it was the best that ever came from Australia
I wrote a letter to you when we landed a few days ago