The weather whilst crossing the Mediterranean was simply perfect. All day long we had beautiful warm sunshine and cloudless sky, which was the bluest sky …

This kind of thing went on during the whole trip, which was full of interest to us as the green fields and friendliness we met …

On the evening of April 11th we arrived at Port Tuefic, Suez and the transport was moored at one of the wharfs and the troops …

On Sunday 9th April, we were in sight of the barren coast of the Island of Sapota, to the South of Arabia and shortly after …

Then the Ship’s Policeman took it into his head to go mad and caused quite a sensation by wanting to jump overboard, with the result …

However we were not allowed to land at Fremantle and only stayed there long enough to enable the ship to receive final orders and then …

At 11.30 a.m. we were disembarked and marched toward Melbourne for a “leg stretcher” and on the way were constantly cheered by the Melbournites who …

~ Although we had all rather enjoyed the times we had had in camp together during the past six months, we were not sorry on …

The camp was intended to hold 6,000 men and probably contained an average of more than that, whilst the men’s comfort and amusement was provided …