Embarkation 9th June, 1915--The crowds along the route and at Fremantle--Farewell to Australia--The "Ascanius"--Quarters and messing--Other troops on board--Statistics--Training at Sea-- Lectures--Stowaways--Competitions in tidiness--Entering the Tropics--Amusements--The Canteen--The Master--The East African Coast--The Red Sea--Strange rumours--Arrival at Suez--First contact with the Egyptians. =Page 15.= CHAPTER III. FIRST STAY IN EGYPT. Disembarkation and train journey to Abbasia--The Land of Goshen --Description of the Camp--Early difficulties--Institutes--The newsvendors--Tidings from Gallipoli--Unrest in Egypt--The local command and garrison--Inspection by Sir John Maxwell--Mobilisation of the 7th Brigade--Training in the Desert--Night marches--The Zeitun School--Formation of the 2nd Australian Division--Difficulties in feeding the troops--Clothing for the Tropics--In quarantine--Sickness --Pay and currency--Mails and the Censor--Amusements--Riots--The military Police--Chaplains. =Page 28.= CHAPTER IV. FIRST STAY IN EGYPT (_continued_). Distractions--A march through Cairo--Leave--In the bazaars--Gharri and donkey rides--Esbekieh Gardens--The Kursaal and the Casino--Shepheard's Hotel--Guides--Sightseeing--The Pyramids and Sphinx--Memphis--Sakkara-- The Tombs of the Sacred Bulls--The Cairo Museum--The Citadel and other Saracenic remains--Some beautiful mosques--Old Cairo--The Nile--The Egyptian aristocracy--Garrisoning Saladin's Citadel--A nephew of the Senussi--The trials of a soldier--Souvenir hunting--Visitors from Home --News of the August advance--Warned to proceed overseas--Entraining. =Page 45.= CHAPTER V. GALLIPOLI. Some account of the Gallipoli Peninsula--The naval and military operations--Anzac Day--Arrival at Alexandria--Embarking on the "Ivernia"--Prejudices--Through the Grecian Archipelago--The "Southland"--In Mudros Bay--Closing the mail--In touch with the "Aragon"--Transhipping to the "Sarnia"--The last stage--The first glimpse of battle--Impressions--Landing in the "beetles"--Waterfall Gully--The first casualty--Contact with the 4th Brigade--Move to the Apex--Description of the position--Holding the salient--Condition of the trenches--Artillery support--Telephones--Dugouts--The New Zealanders --Attitude of the enemy--Sniping with field guns--Bombs, mortars, and catapults--Broomstick bombs. =Page 58.= CHAPTER VI. GALLIPOLI (_continued_). First night in the trenches--Cleaning up--Shell fire--Generals Birdwood and Godley--No Man's Land--View from the Apex--Casualties--Pick and shovel--Sleep--Turkish demonstration--Divine service--Visit of Sir Ian Hamilton--Private Owen's escape--Company reliefs--Mining and tunnelling --Salvage--Patrols--Our guns--Propaganda--Espionage. =Page 77.=