Troops exercising on deck, Indian Ocean, July 1917

“physical jerks –the troops . HMT Ingoma.” Exterior view on a ship’s deck with soldiers doing squats. The SS Ingoma was a converted troopship transporting soldiers to Dar es Salaam in German East Africa, including the photographer Lt. A C Irvine, RAMC. ❧ 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