DEPARTURE OF BRITISH TROOPS The balloon section of the Royal Engineers left Alderahot on Saturday morning for Souhtampton, where they will embark on board the Kingauns Castle for South Africa. [...] The liner Kingaunus Castle, which started on her maiden voyage to South Africa on Saturday, took out, as already stated, a large number of officers and non-commissioned officers, as well as 300 men of the Army Service Corps, stationary hospital, field hospital, and balloon section, destined for Natal.Star Gwent, Newport, vendredi 6 octobre 1899, p. 7.
The Army Service Corps Going on Board the "Kinfauns Castle" at Southampton From a Photographe by W. Gregory and Co., Strand Graphic (supplement) , samedi 7 octobre 1899.