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Timeline of Events

Late January 1942

24 Battalion moves from Baggush back to Maadi.

12 March 1942

24 Battalion departs Egypt for Syria.

Mid March - mid April 1942

24 Battalion based at Afrine Camp, north-west Syria, guarding the Syrian-Turkish frontier. A ceremonial march through Aleppo took place during this period.

Mid April 1942

24 Battalion moved to Hotham, 12 miles north-west of Zabboud.

27 May 1942

Evening's leave in Baalbek.

19 June 1942

Orders to return to Egypt.

27 June 1942

Rest camp at Sidi Bishr, near Alexandria, on leave in Alexandria.