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Left Aussie 18th Nov 1915 "SS Persic"
Arrived Egypt 20th Dec 1915
S Royal Sgt.
4th Aus. Div Train

Diary
Saturday 13/5/16
Serapeum Egypt

My reason for not commencing a diary before was because life in Egypt is so monotonous when not actually on Service as we are now.

We left Polygon Camp Abassia last Tuesday & arrived here early Wednesday morning with difficulties facing us from the jump. The sand here is very fine & the wagons sank nearly box deep in it. Extra horses had to be pitched on & then numerous spells were necessary before the hard road was reached. The lead horses were then taken out & returned to the Station

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