Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 143
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We saw one sailor man biff his officer in the launch - The officer went wallop - It was a good humoured, drunken spree but I don't wonder at the Admiral not granting leave vy often - There'll be some trouble tomorrow I expect - How some of the chaps wd ever get up the gangway I don't know - There was a dark rumor that one officer even was paralytic & they passed him inboard thro a port hole - Well we watched all this & enjoyed it muchly - Leave was up at 6 pm for one & all of us - Darken ship was the signal but that didn't stop 4 of us playing bridge till bedtime -
Monday – Oct 26 – 1914 It's the afternoon – I am just back from a very jolly trip to AE2 but before I speak about that I must mention that a mail came in on Sunday & I got yours of Oct 14 acknowledging my Rabaul letters - Yes I know Cumberledge – a vy good man - He is Commander D (D = destroyers) Captain of the Warrego