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Parramatta
German New Guinea
Dear Guy, 10/8/14
We're off to try to smash the Germans in New Guinea; they are supposed to have two or three pretty decent ships there, but hope we1 ba able to account for them.
We three destroyers are to open the Ball by a night attack
if we can get in on the ships which we hope to find at anchor in Simpson´s Haven; we don´t know the harbour or what forts there are or whether the channel will be sown with mines, so it's rather an exciting proposition has painting the Warden´s doorstep done to a frazzle!
If we get scuppered and I get ashore I hope I give a bellyache to the first cannibal who gorges himself off me!
The Harbour is something like this [image] and we are to walk right in and fire pedlis (?) promiscous like & rush out again like hell if we can, I wish we could get get some news of events on t´other side; we don´t use wireless because we don´t want to betray our nearness.
W. being a wireless station.
We've had a pretty filthy time since leaving Sydney; it´s a long way up here in a destroyer.
So long Sonny, give my love to Nell & Johnny & all your people. Chin chin to all the boys. I´m going to send this to the flag to-morrow if I can as they have a better chance of reaching a Post Office than we have.
Yours
A.B.D.