Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 53
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[Page 53]
Here's a little sketch of our harbor & the way we be in it - It's the crater of a huge volcano – very deep – foreshore & then the side of the circular crater – thin lipped & then the plateau or peaked tops of other volcanoes – wooded to the waters edge & ribbed by pluvial denudation - Dense Coco Palm grows on foreshore & a lot of undergrowth -
[sketch – showing area and ships' positions in the harbour]
Herbertshoe – 10 miles to R -
Rock in fair way – cross on top said to mark a grave - ? Surveyors mark – a trig –
Governor has signed articles of capitulation - He is to have a Guard of Honor - A Major in charge - All his troops here in the island are to march in on Monday as prisoners of war & we hear they are all to go to Sydney till the war is over - This takes place I'm told on Monday - New Guinea is not yet taken & the Berrima & troops go there - Wilhelms Haven - We may too - This is the big place it seems - The Governor cant surrender New Guinea he says – only this island - Now that's the news to date - All well too on my 3 ships -
Fred