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#1

If you have a spare half hour , you may find these interesting . Mainly Australian with other

British and Commonwealth Soldiers Egypt 14-18 , railways . Click on pic of water tower , the collection starts there .

http://www.awm.gov.au/search/all/?query=railways+in+egypt&op=Search&format=list&relatedFilter=related_events&filter[type]=Photograph&filter[related_conflicts]=First+World+War%2C+1914-1918§ion[0]=collections

I spent a few weeks in Egypt in peacetime . Yuck .

Mike Brit

#2

I was offered orders to Egypt once. I went to sea, instead. That was the best decision that I ever made. :slight_smile:

#3

Steve Featherkile said:

I was offered orders to Egypt once. I went to sea, instead. That was the best decision that I ever made. :slight_smile:

Is that similar to when the server reads you what’s on as “Special of the day”?

#4

Pretty much. The Detailers (the guys who match sailors with billets) came for a visit while I was in the zone for orders. The first they offered was Navy Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) 3 in Cairo. It was tempting, as this was in 1982, and Mubaric was firmly in our camp, and things were quiet in the Middle East, and Europe was just a hop away. But I knew that my wife would kill me, and that it would be a dead end as far as advancement was concerned, so I asked if I could go to Independent Duty School, instead, knowing that would put me at sea in a year or so, but, hey, its the Navy, right? So, off I go to Portsmouth, VA, and the rest is history.

#5

Just think what you missed Steve , the beauty of the camels , the smell of the roadside ditches full of—well , guess----the attractive ladies with faces fortunately covered in black sacking , the loss of your wallet , only to have it sold back to you just down the street .

Ah , memories .

Mike Brit

#6

And a million flies.

#7

You poor bugger , you obviously stayed long enough to count them .

Mike Brit