Item 03: Frank Hurley war diary, 24 January-13 August 1918 - Page 41
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charge. The most striking event of the day, however was the Hong Kong Singapore Battery. This admirable Battery is all composed of Indian native troops, and exemplary for their perfect discipline. The guns - 13 pounders, are detachable and all come adrift, so that they can be packed in convenient camel loads. Six camels are necessary for each gun.
The speed with which the maneouver of coming into action and erecting the artillery was amazing; the camels being handled as readily as horses. The advantage which this Corps' possesses over the Light Horse, lies in the extra carrying capacity of the animal. A trooper being able to carry sufficient provision for himself and animal with all equipment for flve days. I regretted my stay with this unit had to be so curtailed, as there was a redundancy