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H.M.A.S. FantomeSaty 5-12-14 – 9 pm
Dear girlLeave is up 11 pm Sunday night & I must be inboard – Since I landed on Thursday morng. I've had a very strenuous time – Ship & stores each morning & shopping on the 7th aft. This morning it was ship, all ship & nothing but ship till noon – Then I had two stints in town & all the shops shut – The photos must wait – I could not even get near a photographer –We go north & we shall coal at Townsville or Russel Island in the Whitsunday passage – We do police work in the islands & patrolling – We are going to be away 6 months – 120 all told. Send Spectator (when you've read it) A.M.G – N Times if you can get it but not otherwise – easily – Address Garden Island – Put "Please forward" – I shall get them all right for they'll know where we are – I'll post you regularly & keep you up to-date in the navy line – The Sealark from Suva is in – She lay near us there – so that - bar the Yarra – Suva so far as we know has no war ships there –Brig says the Yarra is on a reef – If true Keebley will get scooped we reckon & lose his command. – Still its buz & we know nothing for certain – AE9 wont move I fancy –
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