Item 02: Thomas Alcock war narrative, 28 July 1915-1917 - Page 21

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he was going to be a failure but by and by numbers of men came along and joined in.

We had an Anglican Padre on board with us and he was a man of sentiment – very emotional. In speaking of Jesus Christ he would be unable to punch his addresses to the men.

We had sports aboard the vessel, there was one chap who stood out alone in this respect. His name was Bill Elliott, a great big chap he was too. As usual, it was possible to find on this boat a man whose [indecipherable] calibre was affected. He went under the name of "Bullocky". The boys would have him running round and round the deck at about 5 o'clock in the morning. Afterwards they would get him

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