Item 06: Letters sent by Robert Christian Wilson to his family, 1918-April 1919 - Page 147
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there, and so being Australians we naturally traveled 2nd Class all the way down. 1st Class is reserved absolutely for officers. I have a greavance against that train though and one I'll never forget!! They did me out of a dinner!! You see there is a dining car on the train for the 1st Class passengers and 2nd Class is allowed in when the 1st have finished; but 3rd are not allowed in at all! We being in 2nd naturally went along, but were told that the 1st had not finished, and so we waited a bit, but next time we went along everything was finished and packed away. We were wild! We got to Port Said near midnight and had a job to find a pub that was not full and when we did get in one, all we could get to eat, and that after much 'buckseech', was a piece of brown bread and a glass of beer. I made up for it next morning at breakfast though! We came over to the hospital and were temporilally attached to the staff and with nothing to do, except keep the dentist's appointments and there is leave to Port Said for us daily from 10 AM to 10 PM, so its not too bad. There is the sea to swim in - good showers and plenty of tennis courts over at the rest camp Port Said, and a whole lot of chaps down from the Regt so things look very good.
I was talking to Mrs Granville this morning. She is such a nice lady and knows the Trelawnys well; I told her I knew Capt Trelawny well and she said I should certainly go and call on his sister-in-law, who is staying in his house. So I think I'll go and do it this afternoon. Capt Trelawny wont be home for a week as he is away somewhere down the Red Sea. Our Sig officer Mr Tomlins is down here and his sister is a nurse here, so there are tons of people I know.