Diary of Gordon Colin Cooper, 1916-1917 - Part 15

OCTOBER, 1916.
Saturday 28
On Q M Fatigue
had to get up early
& go down to dump
on "Bouncing Billy".
OCTOBER, 1916.
Sunday 29
Nothing doing of any
importance.
Played the 1^st Reg football
and were beaten 6-3.
Wrote Home & Jess [shorthand].
Jeanette.
 

OCTOBER, 1916.
Monday 30
Quiet day, general
routine, cleaned up
our saddlery; & bits etc.
Wrote Dorothy.
OCTOBER, 1916.
Tuesday 31
General Routine.
General Maxwell had
an inspection.
Wrote Elsie.
 

NOVEMBER, 1916.
Wednesday 1
Nothing doing; very quiet
day. Just got things fixed
up. Clarrie came back
from Cairo; bringing back
a letter from Mme Piot &
Mrs Rickman.
NOVEMBER, 1916.
Thursday 2
Left Kantara at 9.30 &
went straight out to
to Duiedar, and stopped
just East of Hill 70 for
dinner.
 

NOVEMBER, 1916.
Friday 3
Left Duiedar early and
proceeded to Romani:
Had dinner at a Hod
where we had a great
feed of dates; arrived
at Romani, about 5.30:
Had a shower of rain the
first since January.
NOVEMBER, 1916.
Saturday 4
Left Romani at 10 A.M.
and proceeded towards
Oghratina: arriving
at our destination
about 3 P.M. had dinner
and stayed the night
 

NOVEMBER, 1916.
Sunday 5
Left Oghratina about
6 AM. & proceeded to
Bir-el-Abd arriving
at dinner time; watered
up: & came about 7 mile
this side of Bir-el-Abd
arriving at our destination 
at Bir-el-Geeila: about
5: a very nice place.
under the date palms
On picquet at night
Monday 6
Got our camp fixed
up and had a
visit from a Taube
it flew right over
us to Bir-el-Abd
& dropped 5 bombs
killing a few Tommies
& camels.
Made 6 emplacements
for Anti aircraft
guns
 

NOVEMBER, 1916.
Tuesday 7
On Anti Aircraft from
10-2:
Plane came over but too
far away when anti
aircraft guns wounded
it causing it to drop the
bombs harmlessly in the 
desert
NOVEMBER, 1916.
Wednesday 8
On Anti Aircraft from
12-6: nothing doing.
 

NOVEMBER, 1916.
Thursday 9
On Sanitary fatigue
all day; went over to
Field Ambulance.
Wrote
Mail in : Letters from Sadie,
Theo (1) Elsie Emmie.
Wrote Miss Page
NOVEMBER, 1916.
Friday 10
Nothing doing: pumped
water for the horses
Got good mail
Jim: Theo (1) Miss Page. Mother (2)
Lucie, Nedda
Wrote Emmie & Nedda
 

NOVEMBER, 1916.
Saturday 11
Had exercising horses in
morning. Taube flew over
very high up.
Wrote Mother & Jess [*shorthand*]
NOVEMBER, 1916.
Sunday 12
On Anti Aircraft 12-6
Wrote Sadie
P.Cards Elsie, Lucie, Aunt Agnes,
Aunt Emilly: Enid: Dulcie
 

NOVEMBER, 1916.
Monday 13
Out exercising horses
in morning.
Wrote Dulcie & Dorothy Burnett,
NOVEMBER, 1916.
Tuesday 14
On Anti Aircraft from
6-12-.
Wrote Mollie.
 

NOVEMBER, 1916.
Wednesday 15
General Routine, Clarrie
went to Bir-el-Abd.
NOVEMBER, 1916.
Thursday 16
On Gen Fatigue all
day. very quiet.