The author, Brisbane-born Captain Hector Dinning, was an officer in the Light Horsemen of the Australian Army in the Great War. He served with his unit in the Palestine campaign, journeying from Cairo in Egypt to Aleppo in Syria, and recounts his experiences in the Middle East. This book will especially interest anyone keen on T.E.. Lawrence of Arabia. Dinning worked alongside the legendary Colonel and his portrait of him is especially valuable as it was written early 1920 before the legend of Lawrence had taken hold. Written in a direct, forceful and typically Australian style, this memoir will delight anyone interested in Lawrence,