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1917
15th - Left Durban 3-0 P.M. for Capetown. Passed 3 large steamers 4-30 P.M. Self on guard. F
16th - Drill. Alarm & lifebelt drill. F
17th - Drill. Alarm 11-30 A.M. F
18th Sunday. Arr. Capetown (Table Bay) 6-30 A.M. Troopships A 49 & A 34 (Suffolk) sailed for India with troops, 6-30 A.M. & 9-30. Went ashore for the day at 11-30 A.M. Back on ship at 10. P.M. Great number of English & S.A. Troops invalids from German East Africa & G. West Africa in Capetown. Several other transports that left Australia & N.Z. about the same time, received wireless orders to return to Fremantle when a few days out on account of a raider reported in Indian Ocean.
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