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1905 (Oct 26) Coloured picture postcard entitled “The Swaroff as seen from the Mikasa wrapped in Smoke” to Hiroshima datelined from “Hospital Ship Kouun-Maru anchored at Yongampo, Korea” & cancelled vernacular Liaotung Commissariat FPO 12 (10 Oct) cds located Antungnsien, Manchuria & with red unframed Military Mail hand stamp plus Hiroshima (31 Oct) arrival cds ……………………..
On the 7 February 1905 a party of 2 Doctors & 22 Nurses from the 38th RRelief Squad transferred from the H.S. Dairen-Maru to H.S. Kouun-Maru which then made a total of 23 trips Dairen-Yokahama-Tadotsu-Unjina carrying a total of 6653 sick or injured soldiers with the last day of there voyages being 24 January 1906