Item 01: James Wilkie letters, ca. 1914-1918 - Page 177
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[Page 177]
Belongs to Sydney, has two nice daughters & has a flat. She knows heaps of people we know, Miss Hilda, Helen Bowan & Stewart, Stewart Walker & knew Ian. I quite enjoyed it but had to tear early. Such a nuisance having to be out of Cairo by 9.30 & in camp by 10 & even then we have to undress & turn in in dark. No easy matter in a small tent with 13 others asleep.
This week we moved out here, we drove to Cairo. I was wheeler in the gun team, took Billy Balcombe's place, he is ill. It was a glorious drive in along the banks of the Nile & then through old Cairo, which was most interesting.
At Cairo we entrained horses, baggage & everything & left at 4 p.m. Arrived here at 8 p.m. & unloaded finally reaching camp & finishing at 2 a.m. Talk about tired. Since then we have been shaking down. I think we'll