Pte Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2^nd Field Ambulance: At Mena Camp, Cairo. From his diary –‘Christmas Day. Was awakened at 4am by bands playing carols. Jack Stubbs came into camp at 5am with a great Union Jack round him, had a night out but doesn’t know where he got flag, at present it floats over our tent. Went to Church Parade. Our Christmas dinner consisted of – stew, rice and raisins, tinned fruit, tinned milk, Worcestershire sauce, dried raisins. Went inside the Pyramid of Cheop, saw the King’s tomb and Queen’s passage, one hundred and fifty yards long’.