Our Grand (father's) Section 8 Corporal, 19 year old George Spooner wrote in his diary early in the voyage that the sea was "rough" and that "nearly everyone on board was sick".
During the voyage, Thomas' day began and ended with one hour of drill training. There was also musket practice, though only 200 rifles were supplied and bullets were rationed.
During the voyage, members of the 29th Battalion were told that they would not be joining the ANZACs in the Gallipoli campaign. That campaign was coming to an end and the ANZACs were being deployed to Egypt.
The Ascanius crossed the equator on the 27th Nov 1915. The troopship past Aden and the Red Sea and berthed at Port Suez on the 7th December 1915.
Thomas's payroll book provides us with information about when and where he was based during his time in Egypt.
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