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January – 1918
1: Rained heavily all day, only coming out of our bivvies to feed & water our horses.
4: Section went to Paylon with the 2nd regt. taking over the line from the 4th Bde. I left for Zietoun gun school at 4 p.m. from Ezdud.
5: Reached Cairo at 6 p.m. stayed at National hotel, Kursaal at night "Girl in the Taxi" – poor show.
6: Left National as it was placed out of bounds to N.C.O.s & men at 9a.m. Went to school camp to report at 2 p.m.
7: Classes commenced at 9 a.m., after lectures on saluting etc., camp in charge of Imperial officers & failure to salute then means being sent back to the unit. Leave granted 3 days per week; 4 .p.m. to midnight, but we go out every night without a pass.
9: Madame Bey's to dinner, had an enjoyable evening.
12: Heliopolis races, winding up at the Kursall, seeing the Million Dollar Girl, which some people would have handed the bird.