Diary of Gordon Colin Cooper, 1916-1917 - Part 4

FEBRUARY, 1916.
Saturday 19 
Patrol at night from
6-12.
FEBRUARY, 1916.
Sunday 20
Col inspected camp
quiet day. wrote
Home & Jess  (7)

FEBRUARY, 1916.
Monday 21
Inspection of camp by
General Maxwell: seemed
quite satisfied with everything 
in general.
FEBRUARY, 1916.
Tuesday 22
No patrols; general
camp routine.

FEBRUARY, 1916.
Wednesday 23
All day patrol with
Lionel Bigg; got onto some
camel pads & followed
them a few miles; west
then camped for dinner
then had a few shots at
different objects.
Rode about 30 or 40 miles.
FEBRUARY, 1916.
Thursday 24
Nothing doing except
fatigues 

FEBRUARY, 1916.
Friday 25
Same old things
getting very monotonous
FEBRUARY, 1916.
Saturday 26
Patrol from 12-6 at
night. 

FEBRUARY, 1916.
Sunday 27
Special Class for N.C.O.s
all primary work
again they did bite.
FEBRUARY, 1916.
Monday 28
Special Class for N.C.O.s
on Water fatigue to
"Shiekhs Tomb"
Wrote Home & Jess (V) 

FEBRUARY, 1916.
Tuesday 29
Nothing doing, on water
Fatigue.
MARCH, 1916.
Wednesday 1
All quiet but for fatigues 

MARCH, 1916.
Thursday 2
Guth went up to
School of Instruction
at Zeetoun.
MARCH, 1916.
Friday 3
Well guard at Shiekhs
Tomb all day; Ollie
went to hospital
with poisoned finger
to Menia
Mundallie got strangles
& had to be kept separate. 

MARCH, 1916.
Saturday 4 
Trench digging in
morning & spells
in afternoon
MARCH, 1916.
Sunday 5
Patrol at night, 6-12
nothing doing all
day.
Looked for Curio's
and found a good
few coins, teeth etc. 

MARCH, 1916.
Monday 6
Preparing to move
on fatigue at
railway across canal
at  Fandafa
MARCH, 1916.
Tuesday 7
Sent away tents
& all final things
which were left till
last. 

MARCH, 1916.
Wednesday 8
Left Bahnasa at 7 30 and
proceeded south, travelled
all day; and camped
the night on Canal:
Led old Mundallie who
had the strangles, also
took primus stove and
made some "burgoo".
MARCH, 1916.
Thursday 9
Left camp early; proceeding
further south and got
to camp at Hasen Rasha.
pretty early in afternoon
a beautiful camp
in a date palm grove
the 2^nd L.H. had only
just left it when we
got there.