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March 1916
about. Made things pretty miserable. An Australian mail came in during the afternoon I received several papers & letters from Frank & Doles
Friday 3rd I was informed today that I was to go to the school of Instruction this afternoon. I was the only NCO from the 6th One officer, 4 Machine Gunners & 2 Signallers also came along We left Serapeum at 7.30 pm & reached Mokasa [Moascar?] near Ismailia shortly after 8 pm where we detrained. We received a hot meal at the NZ Infantry camp where we stayed the night.
Saturday 4th Entrained again at 8 am in open trucks. The weather was fairly cool & cloudy We picked up many more at Tel-el-Kebir & reached Zeitoun shortly after noon. Were placed into quarters right away 8 or 10 in a large square tent. I went into Cairo at night. Picked up Harry Newing & the major
Sunday 5th Had a good sleep in the morning.