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but I found out different later on we arrived at Mena about 1.30. A.M. & had to march about half a mile to our Battalion's piece of the camp there were only a few tents up when we reached there, dog tired, & so we threw ourselves down on the sand we had no blankets, or nothing to sleep in, but our overcoats & oil sheets & if ever I nearly perished well it was that night, we got a shock I can tell you, we all thought Egypt would be a hot & warm place at night but we were never so sucked in, in our lives, I do believe that once or twice during that never to be forgotten night, that I was frozen absolutely stiff, Wagga & I slept alongside one another, & he used to swear that he was as stiff as a
poker more than once, & everyone had the same experience one poor devil died through it & that was our sergeant, Meadmore, he went to hospital next day, & died with pneumonia about at week later.
We rose about 5 oclock for sleep was impossible, & the first thing we made for were the Pyramids, early as we were the Arabs were waiting for us, & fool like we engaged one to show us the sights, we first of all had to pay him 2/- each, for which sum he was to show us round the Pyramids but when we wanted to climb them he wanted another 1/-. & we poor fools gave it to him, having climbed them, on an empty stomach, too we sat down to have a look at the lovely view that lay at our feet