ABSTRACT

On the morning of 1st June the Glengyle steamed into Alexandria Harbour. It seemed a long time since I had steamed out on the Nieuw Zeeland; I was richer in experience but poorer in kit. In fact all I had was a shirt, shorts, stockings, boots, a steel helmet and a pistol. I kitted myself up fairly quickly at an Ordnance Depot, signing away large drafts on future pay. When the wheels finally ground out an answer to my application for reimbursement for loss of kit I got the sum of 10s. 4 https://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> 1 2 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315036861/0af13d8d-f558-40d4-81f4-02eed40599ea/content/inline-math_1_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> d., with a footnote saying that if I could produce written authority for having taken two pairs of shoes to Greece I could have another 17s. 3d.