Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 45
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[Page 45]
Journal Part 2 –
HMAS Fantome
Wednesday Dec 23 – 14 – A naval brigade man died & we sent a detachment to the funeral under Mr Bompas at 8.30 – "The assembled ships company on this mournful occasion – will – at the cemetery – churchyard – stowaway or whatnot – assume an air – at once cheerful & subdued – cheerful – because our comrade has gone to a better land – subdued – because he forgot to pay his mess bill before he went" –
Corporal Nunn came inboard yesty. He looked very well & we had a nice yarn – He expects to go back to Sydney & I hope he will take my journal with him – After some iced beer has been drunk we reviewed service matters – Presently I was called away to join up a seining party made up of a whaler, skiff & tow boat – 25 men & 4 officers including the commander – We went to Matupu – an island about 3 miles down the harbor. It came on a tropic downpour but as the rig of the day was – bathing costume – it didn't matter – We had a good time, swimming, pulling in the seine but as a fishing party it was a dead dead failure – However it was a great outing both for men & officers – We got back by 7.15 & had grand appetites