Item 01: Leslie William Sutherland diary, 24 September 1914 - 23 September 1915 - Page 74

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27 April 1915
Tuesday

Reveille at 5.30
Stables as usual then all lines were cleaned well before moving off, at 7.30 the 2nd Bde brought over some bucks for our fellows to ride, they up to now had only had saddle on but a man of the 1st Regt rode one to a standstill then the other was ridden also, the column was punctual in the move off & march discipline was splendid right throughout the trip but especially today Cairo was reached at 12.5 where we had dinner at 2.10 we arrived at Heliopolis to find everything OK, in the afternoon we had an off day, horses had to be groomed as usual, I went for my usual bath feed & hair cut got back at 8.45 had supper with Larkin & then declared war on the flies by burning paper then turned in at 9.15

28 April 1915
Wednesday 37 wks of soldiering

Reveille at 5.30
First parade signalling then stables at 9.15 all CO's and NCO's are to be present at a lecture by the Brig over the [indecipherable] & a general outline of the work was gone into & a few faults found out of course then I had my usual round of visits to Cairo, first to A.O.D then to Cooks and then to the Cairo Motor G for keys arrive back at 12.5 & set off again at 2 for Abrassia to look up our fourth reinforcement no luck all troops moved to [indecipherable] so off I slope over there but man hasn't arrived yet meet Chas [indecipherable] who is F for D again & only awaiting a call from the Company. Chas has a fall off the Doug both control wires break & he comes off at 55. Sent off at 8.55 with [indecipherable] & get back 9.40 then turn in at 10.10 PM