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Great enthusiasm prevailed at Adelaide on the departure of the colonial troops for South Africa. Before the men embarked on the Medic, a public reception was given at the Town Hall to the Victorian, Tasmanian, and South Australian units. Of the scene on that occasion we reproduce a photograph. When the Medic sailed, a flotilla of tugs with about a thousand people on board gave the contingent a hearty " send-off."

 


The Caption reads: "New South Wales contingent giving three cheers for the Queen on the departure of the "Aberdeen" November 15 [1899]



The Caption reads: The "Medic" leaving Port Melbourne Pier for the Cape with Victorian and Tasmanian contingents.

Source: Illustrated London News dated 9 Dec 1899

The Caption reads: The steam-ship "Moravian" leaving Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney, with New South Wales troops for service in South Africa, January 17, 1900.

Source: Illustrated London News, Page 293, dated 3 March 1900

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