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17 Sep 1895

On 17 Sept 1895, England, Southampton. Battalion of 20 Officers with Wives and children, 442 Non Commissioned Officers and men and 32 women with 35 children embarked on hired transport 'Britannia' (Captain Parfitt, P & O S N Co.), sailing for Karachi on 18 September