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met a chap just landed & showed him round, posted sheet of photos to Ethel: home: bed:
Saturday March 11th
dirty dusty dull day: Revellie 6am: breakfast: on No 4 Hospital guard Abbassieh: fell in 7.45 am & marched to tram & then trammed to hospital: a sweet job: brought dry rations but got hot tucker from cooks: roast & vegetables & tea for dinner: tinned fruit & fish for tea: I done 9 am – 11am, 3 pm – 5.15 pm 9.15 pm – 11 pm.
Sunday March 12th
on guard: 5 am – 5.40 am: breakfast: cold meat.pickles. & bread & jam: on guard 9.30 am – 11 am relieved at 11.30 am & trammed to home: Alf, Lock, Tom, Mac & Sid went to the Virgin's well & Materieh church the well has a couple of bucket wheels so we had a drink. The tree where the Virgin rested is a gnarled old affair & fenced off to proctect it from vandals: a few leaves still on: The Church is a nicely built little place & the altar very nice: above the altar is an alcove with the stature of Joseph, his wife & Jesus as an infant: a window at the side of the alcove throw the light on beautifully: fourteen small statuettes round the wall illustrate the trial & crucifixion of Jesus: The are three nice painting on each side of the wall: the massacre of children by Herod: the angel appearing to Joseph & warning him to flee: the flight from Egypt: resting by the Nile: resting under the"tree": entering into Heliopolis: I got a few P. C. s. home & tea: Tom Vic & I went to All Saints church & it was very good: bed :
Monday March 13th
hot day. Revellie 6 am: fell in 6.45- 8.30 am: breakfast: fell in 9.30 am – 12.15 pm: only 140 of us are going to move