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Collection of documents relating to his service with the Army Service Corps at the Base Supply Depot, Dar Es Salaam in East Africa during the First World War, including photocopied extracts from his ms diary refering to Colonel von Lettow-Vorbeck, the treatment of German prisoners and internees, and the movements of Allied ships, troops and staff in East Africa (1916 - 1919); ts Orders of the Day by Lieutenant General Lord Smuts (20 January 1917) and Lieutnant General J L van Deventer (10 December 1917) thanking the East Africa Force for their efforts; ts copy of an order signed by Lieutnant Colonel Hudson, thanking the East Africa troops for their efforts during demobilisation (November 1918); a printed invitation to a British East African veterans banquet in London (December 1929); wartime and contemporary press cuttings; various base orders, ration sheets, tickets and programmes; postcards and Christmas cards; and several miscellaneous photographs.