| I picked up my kitbag and marched aboard the troopship Empire Fowey, bound for Singapore and Malaya, although we did not know this at the time as it was top secret. |
| From my place on the bank came the memories that caused me to write about Highfield Road from the troopship. |
| We now received orders to prepare to embark on the troopship Euphrates for Portsmouth en route for Aldershot. |
| The troopship had arrived and we were to embark on the morrow. |
| It was the first time I had ever been on a troopship, and every moment was of interest. |
| Our troopship came into a former Japanese naval port and after a few hours we were put on a train. |
