Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 31
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[Page 31]
We officers put on our dirtiest rig & proceeded to make the best of it – newspapers take the place of cloths in the ward room – Every man bar the Commander & Doctor has to work & the Doctor has to stand by for accidents – However I wanted to visit the Una on the other side of the wharf – I left word & cleared over & down to the pier – I went past the old Sumatra & was promptly hailed by Lambton & I went inboard & had a drink – I met him & Livesay – the paymaster of the Berrima – All seems well but no outside news save about the Scharnhorst – G – L – Like us they regard the Pacific job as a wash out now & want to get back to Sydney – Not a word of any European news & no out mail before January & you cant send a wireless without special permission – Troops at Rabaul are quite well – There seems to have been some little trouble with the Germans about the Natives & the Police – All this has been stopped by the destruction of their cruisers –