SS Ingoma, Durban, South Africa, July 1917

“SS Ingoma [Liverpool].” Exterior view of the SS Ingoma a cargo and passenger ship, of the Harrison line on the South Africa route, which was converted to a troopship. The Ingoma was transporting troops from Durban to Dar es Salaam in German East Africa including the photographer Lt. A C Irvine of the Royal Army Medical Corps. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in East Africa. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya