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HMS HAMPSHIRE WHICH JOINED THE FIRST CONVOY AS AN ESCORT ON 13 NOVEMBER 1914 TO SHEPHERD IT INTO COLOMBO, CEYLON.
HMAS Sydney on escort duties for the first convoy, about to depart to find the Emden.
THE TWO LIGHTS MARK THE ENTRANCE TO COLOMBO HARBOUR. THE MOORING LINES IN FOREGROUND LEFT BELONG TO HMT (A22) RANGATIRA, ON RIGHT TO THE HMT (A25) ANGLO EGYPTIAN WHICH SUPPLIED THE RANGATIRA WITH FODD
MENA CAMP, EGYPT, CIRCA 1914. X MARKS THE 7TH BATTALION STADIUM WHICH THE TROOPS ERECTED - IT IS "NEARLY AS LARGE AS THE OLD BRISBANE STADIUM AND A WEEKLY PROGRAM IS PUT ON AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, APPREC
SS RANGATIRA (A22) WHICH WAS USED AS A TROOPSHIP IN 1914-1918 WAR.
PORT MELBOURNE, VICTORIA 1914-10-04. SERGEANT OWEN KENNETH STEWART (MARKED WITH X AT REAR OF HIS SUBSECTION) 3RD BRIGADE, 7TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD ARTILLERY JOINED ALL THE ARTILLERY AT A VOLUNTARY CHURCH
HMNZT Athenic, NO 11, A NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT, IN COLOMBO HARBOUR.
