Handwritten transcript of diaries of Apcar Leslie De Vine, 1 January 1915 - 6 October 1918, Part 11 of 26

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First World War, 1914–18
Part of Quest:
Apcar Leslie De Vine Diaries
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  • ANZAC
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99 no need for us to visit bairs for sheppin as we can buy all we need in the camp, everythin bein conslate including servener stepe ecutfitte 15/1/16 Rerrew of the 1st Division ly Gir A Murrer, as my plation No 4 was detailed for camp duties we the not toke an part in the receiew but saw it from the saluting lose at the tel-il-Rebiz earthweks 16/1/16 Sunday Church parade today, rest of day to aue- selves for washing ite 17/1/16 4th Bn detailed for Divisional duties this week, was detailed for a fourdays guvrd, being afterwards charged to a Pivisional fatigue at the sin stoes 18/1/16 Fatigues all day, fairly eary doy, in divisional duties 19/1/16 Satinee all day 20/1/16 Mounted Divisional Supply guard at 9. 30 am. Guved 3 relief all day 21/1/16 Dismounted guard 9. 30 am, no duties sest of day 22/1/14 Morning porade. Coy in attack, half ilay poradecrl 23/1/14 Sunday Church prade, washing day. 24/1/16 Eiftt hours parade today in disert, advance and rearguard attacks 25/1/16 light hours parade in desert, same work as
100 yesterday. All the Bncought in a heary hail storm while marchim back to camp, we all got drenched New issue of boots today 20/1/10 Eight hours parade pr B. Matoon in attack Coy returned to camy ofter onl 3 hours work, feet very sore eblistered, we are all wearing our new boots 27/1/14 Half day onl today. Coy drill. Beyade sports in the afternoon, heary rain fell during the sprts which were sootfened unfinished 28/1/14 Half day drill untill 12.30. Sprts resumed this ofternoon. Silent night march at 7.30 pm and silent attack on Aribi Tasha's trenches 29/1/16 Half hos plysicol drill 6.30-7. Marniy gorade pill marchin order without blankets, marched across descrt to te Pasis about 5 miles each way, returned to camp 12.30. Agt of des off, attended concert in the 3rd Bm lines in evening 30/1/16 Sunday Church prade in moenny, afternoon the camp did its washing 31/1/16 Long merch across desert eattack on an outfost, after which we had culjost duties, & herestody 1/2/16 Long march today along the canal e railway e into the desert. Aulort dut in the ofteroon. Wa for 8hours today. We are now peactsin different shoses of open werfare. Much speculation as to where we are eventuall to be enylyed, the nature y our work would indlicote. Valgtine or the Balcans N0
101 Half days deill col, rest of the day to owradres 2//16 3/2/16 Fatyne all day in Syts mess 4/2/14 Half days drill, close order e log attack, sest of the day to ourselves. Nours of work not so long tately 5/2/16 Bryade field day, long march by the Brisade with an attack. 4th O plank Guard to the Reyade returned to camp 12.30 rest of day off 6/2/16 Sunday Leave to visit Cairo, returned to camp at 9/.30 pm. bepertering. Went to stores at Gerah to try e get in kit by which has been in the Bn stores since we left lairo in April 1915, I was told that it had been sent to Califolli last May, of course I did not receive it, so everything is new lost. Also colled ot payoffice reold fax book but found it closed. Couht the 7.15 back t camp 7/2/142 M fatigues all day, no porades 8/2/14 Kalf day On deill, rest of day of 9/2/14 Half day Omdeill and an attack by the Brigade rest of the day to ovrelves 10/2/14 Bor deall, hhalf day only 11/2/16 Holidg today, no parades 12/2/14 No parade in morning, full muster parcule this afterroon to reayanise the Bn, as it has been desented to gglit the Brs of the 1st tw into habves, making one
102 half a nucleous of a new division to be known as the 5 Pw our sister Bn is to be known as the 56 The new Bn will wear our Bn colours greene white but will wear them vertrcall instead of housertall thes new methed of wearing colours will distinguish the new Div. as all their colours will be the same as their parent On in the 1st Div. About holp of one streyth is transfered to the 56th. All the original Bn in 1914 up to the men present with the M at the exocuation of Galyolli remain with the 4th the remainder joi the 56th. Each Bn will now be heavg rempreed to make up the full strength man reiforcements are naw acciving from homee sick encunded men from Anzae are joiniy each day. Some of our arginal men eventuall transfer to the 56th to secure promotions, severd hindreds of officeesenrCO will be required in the new division bast Simpson, left Fanning, May Scott e others of our origenel officers join the 56 also Mr Massey our Adjutant. Majo Scott will command the Bn 13/2/14 Sunday No chuch peade, tent orderly The Bn was fivally seporated today after being detailed yesterday. We then meaved to the vacant sitt of the old 5 Om lines, who have themselves been glt up to fr the 57½. We are now the new 4r Bn viz man men are dissatisfied at the idea of leaving their old Bn man tried to transfer buck, that has been may applications but all are refused. The camp has now correspondentl incleased in lenth by the birth of a new division 14/2/16 No parades toda, fatynes instead, we fove been rimpreed of the 7t remprcements of the
103 19 O. We are now nearly upto full strenth we still have our old C.O. Ed Menaghten 15/2/16 N prade todg, detaited to help the postman with a vey heavy mail instead. Can Budwood epened a new Vell. CA hut behind the lines 16/2/14 Fatynes all day, no parades 17/2/14 Fatigues all day 18/2/16 Applied for a transfer to the 56th but was refused by lest judge. OC.A Eog. paid 300 pts- ₤3.1.7 we received our new pas books from the pey office in Cairo old beok audited totol paments in old weok from but 1914 £38:6:7 19/2/14 Parade todg, first stove attended pr 9 days 20/2/16 Sunday No church parade tody ussistry portman to sort out ar heary mail 21/2/16 Porade this morning, rifle instruction 22/2/16 No porades today, 2 Mc fatyne 23/2/16 Porade in morning. Made 4/4l today 24/2/16 sorade in meny, nothing in oftenncon 25/2/16 Parade e drill this morning full marching order for Kit e pack inspection the ofternoon, Beny lote for eary stofp parade thi morning wosordered to prade with the guard during evening
108 24/2/16 Long parade this morning for 6 hoves, no parades they ofternoon 27/2/14 Sunday Church parade gge, we exject to be Gent to the Eue Carol area obout Widnesday 28/2/16 All day at the rifle range. All our present rifler are changed toda for the new Mark VI1 amunition e hove HU barrels 29/2/16 All day at the rifle range, rifle instruction struck camp in the extening, all packed up e read to more tomolrow 1/3/16 Entrained at Tel-el-Reliee ot 9. 30 am for Gerapeum on the Gue Canol Asratic side, arenin there at 12 midda. Ofter loading up our transperte we murch to the Candl pontoon, built of enjineces boats that can be siiig you to let traffic through reachy our new camp daut 1 mile on the other side at 4pm, we found the camp all read e pitched waiting for us. We find the conditions on the Agratic side of the Carol quite different to the Aprican, the whole desert here is terribly dusty, ben quite different to the fiem sand at tel-el-Hebir, here you sink up to the ankles at each step 2/3/16 Parade this moening with puill parks, we got cautt in a heery dust storm, while marchey in the desert, the storm was vey heary, causing us considerable discampt, we wre complety rost for a while, when we eventually occived in camp ofter the stem had died down to ollow of vsitily, we pund it cately corered with fine sand, makes thick
105 3/3/16 No parade today owing to the sand storm which is even wolse today, arvyshing is comptetely cevered with fine sand, the wind is still very high. A swiming parade called ot 2 pm, we all rugh the chance of a suim in the Guez Canal, the water of which is very cold 4/3/16 Parade today full morshing order with packs muskety instruction. Full Gl B0 200 5/3/14 Sunday Chirch parade 99. Very windy during the afternoon, much sand still being blown about. Appointed lpt of the Coy scouts with 14el e 14 men 6/3/14 tarade today with full pack at rifle range, detaited for rifle instructiry. Suini prade this oftenion, we all had a lay swem in the Canol. Geveral French transaty filled with coloured trap pssed theough on their was to France, also a few English transforts jossy through to the Red sed filled with teeys. It has been very hot all day, the water in the Carol feel ver cold, which is very refreshing. A concert is given in the lines tonight 7B3/16 Parade today with full packs pr outfost duty afterwards to the hiple range. Gwenny perade in ifternoon said 150 pts- £1.109 8/3/14 Varade again with full packs fr cutyoduties afterwards rifle narge, feet my treed a krecked up ofte todays much so did not fall in on swiming prade 9/3/14 Varade with full packs for reite march across the desert, we are now undergain a let of hoed training in anticipation of an eary removal to another where of operations, ae we are now reinforced will over
106 strength. On cregetor of traning we think it will be Mesipatania as we are now training in open warefore. After ln much an houes peactire on the rifle rarge. The march knocked me up a bit am feeling pretty sick, full daye wak, no swenning 10/3/14 Sick parade today marked for lisht duties day day 11/3/14 No pecade today, O serts this afternoon, ver wind e dusty, sperts delayed untill stoem over y. O for Divisional dutie next week. Wained fr loy and Epl for the week. commenciy 59e in evening 12/3/14 Sunday Canneneed duty as loz Ord Gl for a week, exert pan all, guards, ptynes, exparade for the Dinsion durig the week 13/3/14 lamp all day 14/3/16 Camyallday, All inocutated this ofternoon against entere feror TAB in the arm 15/3/14 Arm vez stiff today. Forewell insjection by General Cheauall of the 1st Piv who leaves us to take up a command of Light Worse. A loge number of the men full out of the ranks owry to the effects of inocutation which we all feel lady 16/3/16 In con alldg, arm much better, swelling less 1773/16 wo jarade todi very wind e dusty. Paid 300 pt -£3.17. The 12th reingocemorts joined us this evening making us considerably over strength
107 18/3/16) Full muster parade this morning on the Bn square, eveylody in camp had to attend, afterwards a kit inejection as orlies hove been received that we are to leave here tomarrow Sunday. An advance part leave us today to join up with other partes of the 1st Brigade it is rumoured that our destination is France, although we doubt it, as it is vey unusall for the mititay to tell you where you are join, as all movements of troops are to be kept secret, howerer the whole camp is very excited at the prespect of something doing. He are all picking Palectone as our destination 19/3/14 Sunday Church porade this morning, afterwids inspected by the Prince of Woles e Gen Birdwood, orders re todays move concelled untill Wednesday 20/3/14 Porade tody full morching order. Bn was addressed le Capt Stacy who told us officiall that we are to moorce off on Wednesday for France, eveybedy in the hihest of sperits. bencert in Pmn lines tonight 21/3/16 Harade pill merching order, no parade in oftenson swemng in the land for the last time as we leave here torrolroar, it is a vey hot day. All the quile fit a very health 22/3/1/ Parade today with full packs, we are under order to love at 4 pm. The final list of names issued during day of all men who are to accompan the Bn to France, as we aee considerabl one cteeryth many men are left behind these will follow roter e frm a nucleous from which the O well deaw to make up its strenth often cosnatties. Keen dissappointment is felt amongst meny of them, but it cannot be helped as we may ing leave ORI
108 with our exact number. Am included in the list boriy for France with the Bn. Orn soe ades prolf all packed up at 3 pr, ifter may delays we move off accompanied by the good wishes off all those left in camp, a y other Bns who will more loter, we much acrors the Canal to Sergreum Station where we livanacked untill 3.30 am next morning We receive hot tea at 2.30 am. Copt Star is now in temporay command of the Bn- 23/3/16 Entrained for Alexandria ut 3.30 am arriving at 12 am, emborked on the PeO. SS. Suimba ot pm Manged seon ofter to slip off the shipe into the town for a few hours during the ofternoon, as we hevr tht we are not sailing untill lote in the evening so don't half the tike French leave strutl against ordere After shopping I returned to the ship dont 8.30 pr as money ranout ofter a jood dinnor, fortunely for me, we sailed at of pr leaving many men behind who are still having a good time in the town, as no have was granted we all took a righ when breeking ship, paturate by for the greater number returned directly after dark and wece allowed on board by the gured. Noopustions asked 2413/16 At Sea, muster parae 9.45 am. Ofter celling the rell we find that 6men from A Cog alove love been left behind &37 all told from the Bn 25/3/16 Orade 9a5am. A Cox mount guard todoy 15 men required, near the whole of the Cy usen up for all duties, detailed as Bul lap mounty with the guard at 1.30, no other duties for the rest of teday all inocutated for the second time T.H.B.

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no need for us to visit Cairo for shopping as we can

buy all we need in the camp, everything being complete

including souvenir shops & outfitters

 

15/1/16  Review of the 1st Division by Sir A Murray, as

my platoon No 4 was detailed for camp duties we

did not take any part in the review. but saw it

from the saluting base at the Tel-el-Kebir earthworks

 

16/1/16  Sunday Church parade today, rest of day to ourselves

for washing etc

 

17/1/16  4th Bn detailed for Divisional duties this

week, was detailed for a four days guard, being

afterwards changed to a Divisional fatigue at the Div

Stores

 

18/1/16  Fatigues all day, fairly easy day, on divisional duties

 

19/1/16 Fatigues all day

 

20/1/16 Mounted Divisional supply guard at 9.30am. Guard

all day. 3rd relief

 

21/1/16  Dismounted guard 9.30am, no duties rest of day

 

22/1/16  Morning parade. Coy in attack, half day parade only

 

23/1/16  Sunday Church parade, washing day

 

24/1/16  Eight hours parade today in desert, advance and

rear guard attacks

 

25/1/16  Eight hours parade in desert, same work as

 

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yesterday. All the Bn caught in a heavy hail storm

while marching back to camp, we all got drenched

New issue of boots today

 

26/1/16  Eight hours parade for Bn. Platoon in attack

Coy returned to camp after only 3 hours work, feet very

sore & blistered, we are all wearing our new boots

 

27/1/16  Half day only today. Coy drill. Brigade sports

in the afternoon, heavy rain fell during the sports

which were postponed unfinished

 

28/1/16  Half day drill untill 12.30. Sports resumed

this afternoon. Silent night march at 7.30pm

and silent attack on Arabi Pasha's trenches

 

29/1/16  Half hours physical drill 6.30-7. Morning parade

full marching order without blankets, marched across

desert to the Oasis about 5 miles each way, returned

to camp 12.30. Rest of day off, attended concert in the

3rd Bn lines in evening

 

30/1/16  Sunday Church parade in morning, afternoon the

camp did its washing

 

31/1/16  Long march across desert & attack on an

outpost, after which we had outpost duties, 8 hours today

 

1/2/16  Long march today along the canal & railway

& into the desert. Outpost duty in the afternoon. Work

for 8 hours today. We are now practising different

phases of open warfare. Much speculation as to where

we are eventually to be employed, the nature of our

work would indicate Palestine or the Balcans

 

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2/2/16  Half days drill only, rest of the day to ourselves

 

3/2/16  Fatigue all day in Sgts mess

 

4/2/16  Half days drill, close order & Coy attack, rest of the

day to ourselves. Hours of work not so long lately

 

5/2/16  Brigade field day, long march by the Brigade

with an attack. 4th Bn flank guard to the Brigade

returned to camp 12.30 rest of day off

 

6/2/16  Sunday Leave to visit Cairo, returned to camp at

9.30pm. Paid £3.1.7 before leaving. Went to stores at

Gezah to try & get my kit bag which has been in the Bn

stores since we left Cairo in April 1915, I was told

that it had been sent to Galipolli last May, of course I did not

receive it, so everything is now lost. Also called at pay office

re old pay book but found it closed. Cought the 7.15

back to camp

 

7/2/16  Q M fatigues all day, no parades

 

8/2/16  Half day Bn drill, rest of day off

 

9/2/16  Half day Bn drill and an attack by the Brigade rest of

the day to ourselves

 

10/2/16 Bn drill, half day only

 

11/2/16  Holiday today, no parades

 

12/2/16  No parade in morning, full muster parade this

afternoon to reorganise the Bn, as it has been descided

to split the Bn's of the 1st Div into halves, making one

 

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half a nucleous of a new division to be known as the

5th Div our sister Bn is to be known as the 56th

The new Bn will wear our Bn colours green & white

but will wear them verticaly instead of horizontally 

this new method of wearing colours will distinguish

the new Div. as all their colours will be the same

as their parent Bn in the 1st Div. About half of 

our strength is transfered to the 56th. All the

original Bn in 1914 up to the men present with the Bn

at the evacuation of Galipolli remain with the 4th

the remainder join the 56th.  Each Bn will now

be heavily reinforced to make up the full strength

many reinforcements are now arriving from home &

sick & wounded men from Anzac are joining each

day. Some of our original men eventually transfer

to the 56th to secure promotions, several hundreds of

officers and NCOs  will be required in the new division

Capt Simpson, Capt Fanning, Maj Scott & others of our

original officers join the 56th also Mr Massy our 

Adjutant. Major Scott will command the Bn

 

13/2/16 Sunday No church parade, tent orderly

The Bn was finally separated today after being detailed

yesterday. We then mooved to the vacant site of the

old 5 Bn lines, who have themselves been split up

to form the 57th. We are now the new 4th Bn very

many men are dissatisfied at the idea of leaving

their old Bn many tried to transfer back, there

has been many applications but all are refused.

The camp has now correspondently increased in

length by the birth of a new division

 

14/2/16  No parades today, fatigues instead, we have

been reinforced by the 7th reinforcements of the

 

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19th Bn.  We are now nearly up to full strength

we still have our old CO Col Mcnaughten

 

15/2/16  No parade tody, detailed to help the postman

with a very heavy mail instead. Gen Birdwood

opened a new YM.CA hut behind the lines

 

16/2/16  Fatigues all day, no parades

 

17/2/16  Fatigues all day

 

18/2/16  Applied for a transfer to the 56th but was refused

by Capt Judge. OC. A Coy. Paid 300 pts = £3.1.7 we

received our new pay books from the pay office in Cairo

old book audited total payments in old book from Oct 1914

£38.6.7.

 

19/2/16  Parade today, first I have attended for 9 days

 

20/2/16  Sunday  No church parade today assisting postman

to sort out a heavy mail

 

21/2/16  Parade this morning, rifle instruction

 

22/2/16  No parades today, QMs fatigue

 

23/2/16  Parade in morning. Made L/Cpl today

 

24/2/16  Parade in morning, nothing in afternoon

 

25/2/16  Parade & drill this morning full marching order for kit

& pack inspection this afternoon. Being late for early staff parade

this morning was ordered to parade with the guard during

evening

 

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26/2/16  Long parade this morning for 6 hours, no parades this afternoon

 

27/2/16  Sunday  Church parade 9 o/c, we expect to be

sent to the Suez Canal area about Wednesday

 

28/2/16  All day at the rifle range. All our present

rifles are changed today for the new Mark VII amunition

& have HV barrels

 

29/2/16  All day at the rifle range, rifle instruction

struck camp in the the evening, all packed up & ready to 

move tomorrow

 

1/3/16  Entrained at Tel-el-Kebir at 9.30am for

Serapeum on the Suez Canal Asiatic side, arriving

there at 12 midday. After loading up our transports

we march to the Canal pontoon, built of engineer

boats that can be swung open to let traffic through

reaching our new camp about 1 mile on the other side

at 4pm, we found the camp all ready & pitched

waiting for us. We find the conditions on the Asiatic

side of the Canal quite different to the African, the

whole desert there is terribly dusty, being quite

different to the firm sand at Tel-el-Kebir, here

you sink up to the ankles at each step

 

2/3/16 Parade this morning with full packs, we got

caught in a heavy dust storm, while marching in the

desert, the storm was very heavy, causing us considerable

discomfort, we were completely lost for a while, when

we eventually arrived in camp after the storm had

died down to allow of visibility, we found it completely 

covered with fine sand, inches thick

 

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3/3/16  No parade today owing to the sand storm which

is even worse today, everything is completely covered with

fine sand, the wind is still very high. A swimming parade

called at 2pm, we all rush the chance of a swim in

the Suez Canal, the water of which is very cold

 

4/3/16  Parade today full marching order with packs,

muskety instruction. Full Cpl BO 200

 

5/3/16  Sunday Church parade 9 o/c Very windy during the

afternoon, much sand still being blown about. Appointed

Cpl of the Coy scouts with 1 l/cpl & 14 men 

 

6/3/16  Parade today with full pack at rifle range, detailed

for rifle instructing. Swimming parade this afternoon, we all

had a long swim in the Canal. Several French transports

filled with coloured troops passed through on their way

to France, also a few English transports passing through to

the Red Sea filled with troops. It has been very hot

all day, the water in the Canal feel very cold, which

is very refreshing. A concert is given in the lines tonight

 

7/3/16  Parade today with full packs for outpost duty

afterwards to the rifle range. Swimming parade in afternoon 

Paid 15 pts = £1.10.9

 

8/3/16  Parade again with full packs for outpost duties

afterwards rifle range, feel very tired & knocked up after

todays march so did not fall in on swimming parade

 

9/3/16  Parade with full packs for route march across

the desert, we are now undergoing a lot of hard training

in anticipation of an early removal to another sphere

of operations, as we are now reinforced well over

 

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strength. By our system of training we think it will

be Mesopatania as we are not training in open

warfare. After long march an hours practice on

the rifle range. The march knocked me up a bit

am feeling pretty sick, full days work, no swimming

 

10/3/16  Sick parade today marked for light duties

easy day

 

11/3/16  No parade today, Bn sports this afternoon, very

windy & dusty, sports delayed untill storm over

4th Bn for Divisional duties next week. Warned

for Coy Ord Cpl for the week - commencing 5 o/c in evening

 

12/3/16  Sunday Commenced duty as Coy Ord Cpl for a

week, exempt from all, guards, fatigues, & parades

for the Division during the week

 

13/3/16  Camp all day

 

14/3/16 Camp all day, All inoculated this afternoon

against enteric fever TAB/2 in the arm

 

15/3/16  Arm very stiff today. Farewell inspection by

General Cheauvell of the 1st Div who leaves us to

take up a command of Light Horse. A large number

of the men fall out of the ranks owing to the

effects of inoculation which we all feed badly 

 

16/3/16  In camp all day, arm much better, swelling less

 

17/3/16  No parade today very windy & dusty. Paid 300 pts

= £3.1.7. The 12th reinforcements joined us this evening

making us considerably over strength

 

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18/3/16  Full muster parade this morning on the Bn

square, everybody in camp had to attend, afterwards a Kit

inspection as orders have been received that we are to

leave here tomorrow Sunday. An advance party leaves us

today to join up with other party of the 1st Brigade

it is rumored that our destination is France, although

we doubt it, as it is very unusall for the military to tell

you where you are going, as all movements of troops are

to be kept secret, however the whole camp is very excited

at the prospect of something doing. We are all picking

Palestine as our destination.

 

19/3/16  Sunday  Church parade this morning, afterwards

inspected by The Prince of Wales & Gen Birdwood, orders re

todays move cancelled untill Wednesday

 

20/3/16  Parade today full marching order. Bn was addressed

by Capt Stacy who told us officially that we are to moove

off on Wednesday for France, everybody in the highest of

spirits. Concert in Bn lines tonight

 

21/3/16  Parade full marching order, no parade in afternoon

swimming in the Canal for the last time as we leave here

tomorrow, it is a very hot day. All the Bn quite fit

& very healthy

 

22/3/16  Parade today with packs, we are under a day

to leave at 4pm. The final list of names issued during

day of all men who are to accompany the Bn to France,

as we are considerably over strength many men are left

behind these will follow later & form a nucleous from

which the Bn will draw to make up its strength after

casualties. Keen dissappointment is felt amongst many

of them, but it cannot be helped as we may only leave

 

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with our exact number. Am included in the list

leaving for France with the Bn. Bn parades finally 

all packed up at 3pm, after may delays we move off

accompanied by the good wishes of all those left

in camp, & by other Bns who will move later, we

march across the Canal to Serapeum Station

where we bivouacked untill 3.30am next morning

We receive hot tea at 2.30am. Capt Stacy is

now in temporary command of the Bn.

 

23/3/16  Entrained for Alexandria at 3.30am arriving

at 12am, embarked on the P&O. SS. Simla at 1pm

Managed soon after to slip off the ship & into the town

for a few hours during the afternoon, as we hear that

we are not sailing untill late in the evening so dont

half the Bn take French leave strictly against orders

After shopping I returned to the ship about 8.30pm

as money ran out after a good dinner, fortunately for

me, we sailed at 9pm leaving many men behind

who are still having a good time in the town, as no

leave was granted we all took a risk when breaking

ship, fortunately by for the greater number returned

directly after dark and were allowed on board by

the guard. No questions asked

 

24/3/16  At sea, muster parade 9.45am. After calling

the roll we find that 6 men from A Coy alone have

been left behind & 37 all told from the Bn

 

25/3/16  Parade 9.45am. A Coy mount guard today

75 men required, nearly the whole of the Coy used up

for all duties, detailed as BnO Corp mountg with

the guard at 1.30, no other duties for the rest of the day

All inoculated for the second time TAB/2

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