Item 01: Gordon Macrae diary, 12 November 1914-4 January 1916 - Page 175
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December 1915
us & a lot more marched into camp to day. We were given almost a freehand only 1 roll call per day & not much said if you werent there. Most of the boys were out for a good time & a fair amount of leave was granted. There was a lot of liqueur about. A big mail was in but I only got a couple of letters. I went into town at night but came out early. There was a huge crowd in town & you could hardly move for soldiers. It is much different to the old days.
Wednesday 29th
We paraded in the morning 3 squadrons. Some of the troops had no more than 6 men on parade out of full strength of 36. In the afternoon we paraded & all the old hands were given the opportunity of coming into the regiment, if not they could stop in Maadi for a spell as it is