Item 01: Sydney B. Young war diary, 13 May-24 July 1916 - Page 19

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white crested wave towards the ship. They could be seen miles away. They made straight for the ship and passed our stern. Two of them broke away from the rest and swam over to the side of the ship They would jump 2 feet out of the water but they soon broke away again and joined the others. Another novelty of this part is the diving birds Shaped like a duck they drop from the height of 20 or 30 ft into the water like a stone. There are thousands of them here X

8th Another burial to day (Lewis) the 5th so far. We

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