The Road to Chunuk Bair

Reveille 4 a.m. A cold sharp morning but in view of our departure everything and everbody[sic] was soon on the move. Breakfast was soon over, luggage packed and away to the station and the spare time was devoted to cleaning camp, which was left as spic and span as it had always been kept. Our train was soon up at Awapuni Siding and the men carrying their kits soon extrained[sic]. We arrived at Wellington about 1.30 p.m. and the detachments marched to their respective boats, our company proceeding to HMNZ.T.No.3, the T.S. Maunganui. Capt Watson who went down ahead, met us at the boat and as every bunk was marked with the man’s name we soon had everyone stowed away. It was expected that embarkation would be completed by Wednesday and that troopships would move out on Thursday or Friday. The rest of the day was spent in settling down and getting the hang of the ship.

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