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January 1916
27 Thursday
Raining & Bitterly Cold. Trouble
at Canteen. Officers batman robbed
of Bread. Mob [lead] by [Hoffmann ?]
from Brighton. Last of our outposts
return wet through. Slept 14 in tent.
2 Aeroplanes sighted
28 Friday
Again raining. Shortage of breakfast
due to feeding about 50 Inf from our
ration Wood supply run out. No
more warm meals until supply
replenished Poor management.
Troop trains arriving all night.
Camp on other side of Canal puts
Liverpool in the shade
29 Saturday
More troops arriving last night. Too
Cold to sleep. Clearing Hospital
arrived. French mail boat Amazone
passed. Very strenuous work
carrying "wounded" over sand.
30 Sunday
Beautiful Day. Lying on banks
of Suez Canal reading. N. Z. troops
arrived including artillery
on guard all night.
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