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3 January 1915
Sunday
Reveille at 6.
Stables as usual & warned for Church after the usual line inspection. Only 3 go however, Hal, Bert and Bill go on leave & I have to fill in afternoon as best as I could, had an hours sleep and then wrote letters to Perl, mother & Florie. I also received a note from both Glady & Dot making the first since I left Australia. The [indecipherable] nearly meets his doom for he was out riding with Bill goes to take a jump & finds in time that on the other side is a hole thirty feet deep. I seen a lovely bay window in a mansion here it was a column stiled & [indecipherable] roof the sashes were divided down the century had the usual small panes & the fanlights were reversed this had the effect of setting it off great. The boys drive home at 10.30. Bert has proved himself an interpreter. Bed 11 pm.
4 January 1915
Monday 11 wks from home
Reveille at 6
On first parade I was warned to appear as a witness at the 3rd L H in connection with Teddy's assault case the case came up at nine at the chap got 14 days, we the went to HQ, to [indecipherable] up the Signal Register then after dinner we travelled down to Tura for the usual work Corp Latimer went into Cairo and met the Company's turn out & got at last some of our spares & shoes. Stables at 5 and Parade at 6 Station work was the order Hal and [indecipherable] went up the town for a stroll instead I wrote to Florie and fixed up an acquaintance for Harold. Our troop from today contains a C O, a Bde Major & Adjutant more Downing's fads you would think he was I C of 3 to 400 troops his [indecipherable] are about twice as big as his [indecipherable]. Have applied for leave & got it for once. Adjutant.