MacNamara diary, 19 August 1916-29 May 1919 / John Patrick MacNamara - Page 204
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Damascus is out of bounds now to all tgroops owing to an outbreak of Typhus. Tis no wonder that half the city is not wiped out with it in its present unsanitary condition.
Feb 9th
Left Ramleh on 6th, after handing over the aerodrome, machines, etc complete & came down by special train to Kantara.
We expected to be sailing on Monday by the "Ceramic" but it is off now & we will probably have to wait until the end of the month for the "Port Sydney". It seems that the Ceramic has on board some hundreds of cases if influenza & has to go into quarantine at Suez to be disinfected etc & the patients taken off her. However we may go on the Ceramic if she is only a couple of weeks in quarantine.
17th
Last Thursday went up to Cairo with a combined team from Palestine Bde to play the R.A.F. Cairo. We had 6 men in the team the remainder comprising officers from the other Squadrons.