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HMAS PenguinFeb 28-15
Dear girlNote change of address – The Fantome is no more – We paid off yesterday & you can tell the C.O to go to blazes without any fear of consequences – Paying off washes out everything – Tickets free – Captain Henderson is my CO & I'm going to get a drop of leave in a few days –I enclose my flimsy from which you will see I done my duty – When duly admired put it in the museum with my [indecipherable] of the Submarine stunt –Its 6 am - I'm writing in the Smoke Room of the Fantome though I grub on the Penguin – The old Fantome paid off at 11 yesty - & then the men fell in for Chow & then went on board the Canberra to go to the Melbourne Depot – Our friend Darmody you'll be sorry to hear – remained absent till 11.30 am yesty – He'd been on a bender - & broken his leave since 7 am Monday – Of course he had to toe the line – Even then though he stood to attention – he was "too full for sound or foam" – As he marched aft I noticed his gait was troublous but his
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