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<p class="page" id="a5658013">[Page 13]</p><p>May 3rd. Today is Wednesday and we have just left Columbo or Ceylon as it is better known by. Now Columbo is situated as you may doubtless know in the Indian Ocean, It forms part of an island which is situated somewhere about the Most Southern Part of India. I dont happen to have a map or perhaps I could give you a better idea, We arrived there about <strike>Mon morning</strike> 4 am Monday Morn. Leave was not granted as per usual but 2/3 of the Ship went out for a route march on the Mon and the other 1/3 on the Tuesday We (the 56th) were supposed not to go out until the Tuesday, But some of us went on Monday instead, Of course nothing dauted yours truly went ashore on Monday also. We marched through the town, and then to the garrison, where we stopped for about an hour and they marched back to the jetty where they embarked and went aboard</p>