The 5th Battalion Unit Diary (AWM Ref 22/23/1) notes that the H.M.A.T Orvieto arrived Port Said on 1st December. The German prisoners from the Emden were transferred to H.M.S. Hampshire the same day. 'A' Company of the 5th Battalion disembarked at Port Said and went by train to Cairo as the advanced party.
The entire Battalion was vaccinated between Colombo and Port Said.
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