Gallipoli Diary
Sunday Dec 6 th
Sunday Dec 6 th
The remainder of our
reg't. entrained at noon
for Cairo. Morning was
occupied in entraining of
stores & equipment from “Arawa”
Arrived Cairo
at(121 miles)
at 5.30 pm and at Zeitun
(6 miles out) at 6.30 pm and
marched in to camp (about
1 mile from station).
Camp
is situated on a desert
waste but just bordering
on the suburbs of the city
with train & electric tram
service within a few minutes
walk from camp. The trams
are very luxurious, fast &
silent & the finest cars
I have seen. There are two
classes & soldiers are charged
only 1 piastre (2 ½) 1st class
& ½ piastre 2nd class for the 6
mile run. Train fares are
also very reasonable and
concessions are made to troops.
We carried our blankets
from the station and
bivouaced in the desert the
first night as transport
for tents was not available