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& wondering when he would see it again, I know I was one of those chaps & those were some of the thoughts that passed through my wooden head, as soon as we got on the ship we were taken down to our troop decks, & our different portions allotted to us our company was very fortunate for we had as good a place as any in the ship we were on the first deck on the star-board side just close to the poop, after all this was settled we were served with some hot soup & bread, & we then made for the deck to see what was going on in the harbour, the crowd of people had increased if anything, but the rain was still falling , but showed signs
of clearing up, after dinner was over we were paid, & our Book opened from that day, about 4 o clock we lifted our anchor, & followed the Suffolk who had the 2nd Battalion on board as we passed down the harbour we could hear the cheers floating across the water to us & all the boats in the harbour set their sirens going for all they were worth, we could see the people still waving as we disappeared round the Heads, everyone was straining their eyes to get a last look at Sydney, the rigging was full of men, who waved to the last, we got rid of the pilot at the Heads, & we could see the sea was pretty rough outside, & I for one did not like my chance for