SS Miltiades in Port Said with British Reservists

A small sketch of the ship, SS Miltiades in Port Said, Egypt. HMAT Miltiades , a British steamer, was built in 1906 by the Central Shipping Co., London. It was used as a troop transport ship, requisitioned by the Commonwealth Government for purposes of transporting the AIF overseas. It carried troops, horses and military stores. Commonwealth control of the ship ended on 15 September 1917. The drawing is by Lt. Dudley Marwood Elliott. He served with the 11th Battalion, Australian Infantry and died of wounds on 18 September 1918 near Roisel, France. D M Elliott was born in Brighton, Victoria in 1896, enlisted in August 1914, aged 18 and a half years and had been an architect before joining the Army.