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far different to what our Prisnors of war were treated. The Turkish officers are travelling 2nd Saloon & catered splendidly.
20.4.19
Troops & prisoners of war mustered at 10 a.m. every morning with lifebelts & boat & raft station & Inspection held daily by the Captain Commanding officer of Troops & his staff.
21.4.19
Trouble arose this day at 10 a.m. amongst the Turkish soldiers. They fought one another, the trouble arose over their turn at having a shower bath. The Indian Guard in charge of a sargeant appeared on the scene & soon dispersed the crowd & restored order with the butt end of their rifles, fine weather prevails & exceedingly hot. Steaming down the Red Sea. This day at 9 a.m. we passed the Fortified Island of Perim, the Key of the Red Sea & entered the Gulf of Aden.
22.4.19
Still very hot. The troops & prisnors amusing themselves to their best advantage. One of the Flying Lieut. at the Saloon table told a yarn re the Palastine front. It appears that at the Palastine front they sent up observation ballons which are stationary, it being near the Turkish lines & every time the baloon was up a smart German airman came down in a very swift aeroplane & flew around it & fired explosive bullets & consequently blew several up during the week. So that the British sent up a observation ballon with dynamite with dummy men & shortly after it was sent up the German airman came down at a terrible rate & kept firing explosive bullets. So the ballon blew up the concussion