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1915
Jan. 1 – Platoon Organization commenced.
March 29 – Sir Ian Hamilton
April 2 – Riot in Wasser – Fire. Good Friday, Battle of the Wasser
3 – Struck camp. Dep. Mena 11.30 p.m. route march
4 – Arr. Cairo Rly. Stn. 3.37 a.m. Dep. Cairo 5.30 a.m.
Arr. Alexandria 12.30 p.m. Embarked on Troopship A11 (Minnewaska)
Tea 1 loaf bread for 14 men only ration
5 – Breakfast Bread & butter & Coffee. Dinner Beef & potatoes. Tea Dry bread & Tea.6 Slept on deck in rain. Paraded on wharf & given new sleeping places. Ours worse than before, now on stone floor under stairway where horse dung drops on us. A real troopship this time – rotten – 500 horses – 1700 men
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