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<p class="page" id="a5658027">[Page 27]</p><p>I was Company Orderly Corporal on the 2nd 3rd and 4th, one could fill up a book alone with his duties, but his main duties are to parade the sick and detail all fatigues which by the way is a very unthankfull job. Well to get on with what I am trying to get at, During my three days, I paraded some somewhere about 80 sick men (one half of whom were malingerers) one venerial disease, and one case of measles. The measle case was quarantined also 10 other men who were in the tent, so you see by figures that Egypt isn't too healthy. We left here (Tel-el-Kebir) for Alexandria on the 5th (June). We "fell in" at 4.30 pm, and left the parade to walk to railway about 11 pm with full packs and kits. We entrained about 12.30 midnight, and reached Alexandria about 9 am, There were 40 men in each truck and you can take it from me it wasn't to comfortable, we were packed like sardines. The reason we went to Alexandria was to embark on the "S.S. Francoina" a Cunard Liner bound for England.</p>