State Library of NSW
[Page 324]
[Monday 20 November 1916]
Re monument VIDE BIBLE it was here St Paul was wrecked, & received no "small Kindness from the "Barbarians, & Mother will know about the Viper that was brought to life after lighting a fire.Malta is a barren island & all earth for agriculture is imported- We anchored & kept very quiet & no lights, as the last Troopship was fired at by Submarine in this anchorage.It is rumoured we now go to Salonika, but no one knows for Certain-Our escort has gone to the town of Malta 10 miles away so we may not leave today.At my mess table are 2 Welshmen 1 Scotchman & an Englishman & I amuse them with black fellow yarns & we are a happy family & worry not but I cannot help thinking of the wee wife I left behind.
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