Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 170
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[Page 170]
but nothing serious – Johnson has a boil on his face which gets worse when he treats it but better when I look at it but he's such an infernal conceited ass that I wont advise unless he asks me – Now I've to see the PMO [Principal Medical Officer] – He wants me to hold Quinine parade – Dr Maguire lost 4 lives going to Sydney thro not holding one says the PMO – All my Q – is now ashore & to be dissolved – All the Ship's Company – Of & men have 10 grams at 7.30 am & a lot of Rum after it – no Q – no R –
You remember the two young Chaps we entertained. They got back to Hospital so jolly – so happy – so a la Fantome – that they proceeded to pull other medical Officers out of bed by their feet & the whole place was in an uproar & they got reported – When the PMO heard they had dined on the Fantome however he washed it out – saying he knew the Fantome –
I'll wind up with a tale for Rawdon – A chap had been chucked out of the navy because he