13th January 1915 (incl. 14th Jan)

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Soldiers aboard a transport en route to Egypt

watch as a local boy prepares to dive off one of the davits into the harbour.

Three troopships of the second Australian convoy

behind a breakwater in the harbour of the Ceylonese capital.

They were en route to Egypt.

Reference: Australian War Memorial

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