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Thursday Feb [gap — reason: illegible] Friday & Saturday 5/6 15

Company training 9 to 11 am
afternoon free in camp.
8.30 pm the Division moved
out for night operations
West of Suez Road. Arrived
at rendevous at 12 midnight.
Taranaki Coy was in reserve.
Remainder of brigade & Div
troops proceeded to take up
& entrench their positions
for an attack at dawn.

This was very successfully
carried out and cease fire
sounded at 6-15 am. Then
left for camp at 7 am.
Marched in the 9 miles with-
out a halt reaching camp
at 9-30 am. Received advice
from GOC that NZ & A Div
to leave Egypt about 16th [unclear: inst]
for the front (somewhere) page 92 No more duties today &
most men had morning in bed
to make up for lost time
last night. I attended
Gezireh Races afternoon.