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<p>[Page 91]</p><p>were a lot of gentlemen from Hong Kong who had never been in Liverpool and who would hopefully soon realise what a heinous plan they had supported.</p><p>Since August 1915 the camp has a rail connection, so that at least this time we were spared the march from Liverpool station to the camp. Upon arrival, a large number of officers led by Colonel Holman came towards us, welcoming us with gleeful sneers. In several tents right along the track we had to endure a thorough body search even though we had been in Australian captivity for 3 years. Obviously they were searching for remnants of the wireless station and in the process confiscated any hammer, wire, pliers, etc they found, plus in some cases even letters, diaries, etc. Some gentlemen who seemed to be particularly suspect had to strip to their skin. I was lucky to be spared a major inconvenience, and afterwards we trooped off, 10 men deep, to the nearby camp. On the one hand we were quite happy to be led to a completely new and still empty camp that was</p>