Appointed to inquire into the report upon arrangements made for the Transport of Troops Returning from Service in South Africa" in the S.S. Daryton Grance" and to inquire into and report upon the circumstances under which trooper Harold Burkitt" 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse" who was in a serious condition of health" was not landed at Adelaide from S.S. "Norfolk."
2 coloured folding plans of the S.S. "Drayton Grange""" later brown cloth.
'The initial trouble was the introduction to the ship of infectious diseases. It was magnified by crowding and by deficient hospital accommodation. We find that the responsibility for what"" under the circumstances of the troops and the nature of the voyage"" was undue crowding of the vessel"" for the insufficiency of hospital accommodation"" and for the defects in the deck sheathing"" rests with the Imperial Embarkation authorities in South Africa; for the non-landing of the sick with the authorities in West Australia; and for the failure to improve"" and the unnecessary aggravation of the undesirable conditions in the vessel"" on the officer Commanding Troops and the Medical Officer in Charge.' From the General Conclusions to the Report."
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