ship just in c̄ 14th A.G.H. in
her. Dined & slept there & talked
much c̄ a number of officers
I knew there - as Thwaites (by
the grace of God C.O. & Lieut Col - an
infamy) Clarke, Silderberg, Green
& Joynt. Wilson C.O. of ship &
Lewis his 2nd. Very good ship
well fitted out c̄ fine Xray
20.9.16. Caught special train
at 1030 from wharf to Cairo -
a long tedious journey & had
to talk & be guide a lot in it:
train went out to Abbassia to
front door of 3rd A.G.H. Stayed
there for dinner & slept there
as Martin's guest.
21.9.16. Went into base in a car
& got to work there & kept it
up all day. Went & saw D.D.M.S.
Sexton & A.D.M.S. Gordon Hall &
drove out again in evening
to 3 A.G.H. c̄ old Paine. Lunch
& to live at Continental & had
worked hard all aft. Brockway (Kanowna) in
22.9.16. Working all day but
round to see Gordon Hall about
recommendations in a.m.
Maclure & his Mrs - came &
had dinner
23.9.16. Drove out to Dermatological
hospital & had a look round
it c̄ Maclure then back
to 3 A.G.H. to lunch c̄ him.
Worked for rest of aft. Went
to a swindle picture show of
"Great Battle Victory of Romain”
& did not stay long.
Sunday
24.9.16 Came home to camp by
1100 train after a leisurely
fixing up a few things in
morning & arrived soon
after 6 c̄ McLaren & Cunningham
by at 1600 water train; worked
in evening & found D's 95, 6 & 7
& F's waiting for me.
25.9.16. Office work most of
day & had casual ride
round N.Z. & 1st Bdes. c̄
Loveridge in aft. Work for a
bit in evening.
26.9.16. Cold night. Went out to
Kilo 60 by 1000 train c̄ Lambert
to see how Isolation & Clearing
hospitals were getting on &did to get tooth stopped, but
that did not come off.
Back by 1400 train - late &
worked for rest of aft. &
most of evening. Rosemary's birthday.
27.9.16. Wednesday. Thank heaven
that today & I've caught up c̄
this. Work all morn. & aft.
& plenty of it as Hercus went
to Cairo yesterday. G.O.C. talking
as if I had better go to live at
Cairo yesterday as Genl
Maher suggested & a wire today
makes it look more likely but
I strongly hope not as it would
be rotten, lonely lazy & demoralising.
Worked & wrote to D. 102 in evening
telling to come here if she thought
it best & could get leave - I suppose
she'd better not, but I'll be disappointed
if she's well enough not to or cant
get permission.
28.9.16. McLaren came to assist
me & be trained. Worked all morn
besides finishing D's letter in
aft. & a bit in evening but felt
thick headed as started at 0630.
Wrote to F. in evening & read29.9.16 news of a victory in France
& Combles taken. 1st Bde. went to
(Romani)
Hill 70 & Yeomanry came here.
29.9.16. Wrote to Nicholas, Hurley,
Fraschi, Mrs Wilson, Eileen Hughes,
Mr Robb, Mrs Wilson & at other
times worked except for a ride
in morn c̄ McLaren thro' 1st
Bde. lines. 2nd Bde came in
from front line & Croll over
in aft. & evening.
30.9.16. Worked quietly in day
& rode over near Hod Seifamya
c̄ McLaren in evening & had
some revolver practice.
1.10.16. Sunday. Worked steadily
all a.m. Went over to 3rd
Section now at Mahamdiya
& had tea c̄ Lelean & Girvin
who has at last got the well
earned sack & saw McDonald
his successor who has a fierce
eye & does not look open to have
the same liberties taken c̄ him
as old Girvin. Croll & Dawson
in in evening for yarn
2.10.16. Went up down to Kantara
in 1035 train c̄ the Genl, Martin
& Davies; drove over to station
& caught a crowded 1300 train.
Got out at Ismailia c̄ Martin,
had a wander round Customs
house & lake & then walked up
to G.H.Q. where had tea & talk
c̄ Genl Maher & walked back
c̄ him to lake where Martin
had a swim (Timsah) Caught
2030 train to Cairo & went to
Continental Hotel.
3.10.16. Went to office where stayed
all a.m. & back again for aft.
where kept busy. Went to
Cooks & got my boxes out &
drove out to dinner at Heliopolis
c̄ Sir Reginald Oakes where the
Genl was staying & met a very
interesting Mrs Elgood & a bright
& amusing Yankee - Mrs Hutching.
Felt quite a savage sitting
down c̄ women to dinner in
a luxurious room & wondered
what I ought not to do & so forth.
4.10.16. Worked in office all
morning - Thwaites & a few others
in. In afternoon went c̄ Maclure
& saw Sultan Hassan mosque,
Mohomet Ali mosque & through
the Mouski; had tea at Groppi's
& Maclure & Martin to dinner.
5.10.16 Worked in a.m. in office
& then out to 14 A.G.H. in aft.
in Genls car & went round it
a bit & fixed things c̄ Thwaites,
saw Davies - not right yet -,
& Martin. Drove back to
base & had dinner c̄ Maclure
& Lawton at pub.
6.10.16. After office drove back
to pub & picked up Genl at
Groppis & drove back to Kantara
officially appointed A.D.M.S. A.I.F.
Left at 1005, got to Benha - 47
km. in an hour & 10 min, Zagazig
- 82 km in 2 hrs, & Tel el Kebir
in another hour; had a fine
lunch I'd brought c̄ us a
bit past there & drove on to
Ismailia - about another hour
had a wash at club & then
to G.H.Q. A very interesting
& most pretty drive over
good road, but hard not
to run over nigg*r kids who
were often very frightened
& ran about like chickens;
just missed a baby asleep on
the road & drove through one
village where there was just
