The Road to Chunuk Bair

A day off.

Review of Division by Gen Birdwood and Sir Thomas McKenzie. Company training in afternoon. Night operations, 10 p.m. till 6.30 a.m. Lieut Cross goes to Hospital with dysentery.

Company training.

Company training. A useful day. One of the first.

Church Parade. General Leave.

Cleaning day.

Church Parade, dinner, and a holiday.

Christmas eve. Battalion parade as usual though company training in orders. Lecture by Brigadier. Orders changed. A good days work. Officers dinner Shepherds 8 p.m. Present Majors Cunningham, Young, Capts. Cook, Hume, Cameron, Acton (1st Batn. Royal Irish), Gledhill (2nd Battalion ditto), Lieuts. Turnbull, Menteath, Baddeley. A pleasant evening and great cordiality between ourselves and [...]

March to Cairo past the G.O.C Sir John Maxwell.  Inspection by him of N.Z. Division. A long march through the narrow native streets and quarters of The Mousky. Long time at the slope. Many amusing incidents en route. Much leg weariness. Halt 20 minutes for lunch then off back again. Men very tired and dusty. Glad [...]

Regimental parade 7.45. Ration carried similar to yesterday.