Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 109
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[Page 109]
4 - 30 pm
We are all outside & in blue water - AE2 threw her lines off about 3 pm & at 3.30 we followed suit -
The Grantala is right ahead – going strong - She's on her own & steams her own way - We've left the Yarra behind - She's to go to Sydney & have her propeller shaft seen to - On our Starboard beam bow is a column - Warrego (Cumberledge) Parramatta (Warren) & AE2 (Stoker) - The Encounter leads us – then the Upolu – then an oil ship, a store ship, then 2 colliers - A noble procession - We made an imposing picture steaming out of Simpsonhafen – past the rock monument with the cross on it – past the straw bee hive huts & the natives staring at us – past stockaded houses which put one in mind of Masterman Ready & the Stockade & the savages in their canoes & then the fight at the Stockade - Yes – we are right clean out of the harbor where we have sweltered for 3 weeks – the blue sky is over us & the deep blue water under us & presently maybe we shall pass right over the burial spot of the brave 35