Item 01: J. E. Morrison diary, 13 October 1917-29 October 1918 - Page 145
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12.9.18
We steamed down the cannel & passed our 4 Jap.escort destroyers. Our troops cheered each one as we passed them. They were fast & taking in oil fuel alongside a oil tank wharf. At 6 pm we made fast at Kantara wharf & disembarked all our troops & commenced discharging our cargo.
13.9.18
Cleaning ship & troop decks Egyptian labor discharging our cargo. Here we could see the Turkish prisnors come in from the Palastine front the compound being only a 100 yards off. Also thousands of them employed working making roads etc. They have 10,000 Turkish prisnors of war under a strong escort.
14.9.18
Trainloads of Turkish prisnors came in this morning, all clean & clad by the British. All happy & cheering the British troops in camp. No doubt these chaps are of a very ignorant disposition.
Orders this day of proceeded to Suez & thence to Basrah up the Persian Gulf & India for troops for Suez & thence Palastine.