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Saturday 12
Carting stones for roads and boundaries visited Pyramids and Sphinx pay day arranged mess, visited Mena House baths
Dec 18
Route Marches all the week. England annexes Egypt, our engineers leave for Suez to build Fortifications
19 and 20th
had a swim a baths and visited Pyramids climbed ¾ way up but retired.
Monday 21st
Heavy tramp in the sand for 2 days
Dec 25
Church Parade 10th Sports
26th
visited Cairo had a good look around
nothing but marches till January 8th
9th
Heavy cold feeling rotten
28 January
Recovered from cold received Xmas cards from Maud and Glady's
Jan 29th
2nd Australian contingent arrives at Alexander to camp at Heliopolis 17,000 Australians 3000 N Zealanders
Feb 1st
Australians march to Jeda long line of troops, Artillery, AMC all out four miles long.
3rd 4th
7 and 8th battalions goes to Suez Canal fight against Turks 400 captured