Trp Arthur Rouget (Wandin), 13^th Light Horse Regiment: In camp in Egypt. From his diary – ‘We eventually arrived at Suez on June 29^th, losing on the voyage one man and thirty horses. We were very glad to get off the boat and the horses were I am sure. Not greatly impressed with the niggers, they seemed to be very lazy and had to be driven to work, also being knocked about by the water police.

We unshipped the horses and put them on the train for Abbassich, one horse pulling away and jumping into the sea but was caught by a motor boat and saved. We buy a lot of watermelons from the natives and pelt the skins back at them. We arrive at our destination in the wee hours of the morning, tired and hungry and out of sorts. We stay at Abbassich for a few days. It is very hot for us and the horses which are out in the open’.