Item 01: Leslie William Sutherland diary, 24 September 1914 - 23 September 1915 - Page 19

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9 January 1915
Saturday

Stables at 6.
In the morning I as usual acted as cook & made porridge. I'm getting real proficient at the act. Another batch of letters arrive but none for me. I must be satisfied at mine. Mackworth arrived & called his scheme through. I stayed in camp & tried to fix up my motor during the day the appeal was returned & now the motor is going to sent into Cairo to be repaired. The afternoon was a holiday for all hands most of the men went on leave, but I wrote letters Fletcher went to Hebron & left us in the lurch for stables. Bert Masters went to his lodge last night & had a royal time the people could not do enough for him. After tea I went for a stroll along the Nile with Bobby [indecipherable] then returned about 9.15 & turned in.

10 January 1915
Sunday 2 letters to Nell

Stables as usual
General clean up for inspection & then 25 of us went to church at the [indecipherable] we heard that Capt Fowler was to be married but it was postponed till Tuesday night. After lunch the CO took 5 of us out for a ride we first went to the [indecipherable] city, the masonry was noticeable for Grey especially the marble work. The streets are clean & in some parts rather narrow after the dead city we went round the Bilidel just in front of one of the gateways we met Capt Hurley [indecipherable] the temples off either side were great they go to an extreme height and the ceilings was beautiful inlaid to a great depth, the cornishes were [indecipherable]feet drops [indecipherable]rose temple with inlaid dome roof of stone each stone a different shape. Bed AT 9.00