Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 15
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We steamed along & then the rain came on - Tropical rain & we dived for the cabin I can tell you - Native huts & compounds & naked men & women, save for loin cloths went past us but off we went to the Upolu & landed wet thro - We changed & got up top side & then the sky cleared & a lovely eveg came on - Presently we got orders to weigh anchor & steam 5 Cables astern of the prize - We steamed - Protector led the prize in the middle & we astern - Presently the Australia loomed up & came close in & we 3 went round her - We cd see the Melbourne & the Berrima at Herberts Hohe but that was a long way off - The Flag ship – 3 funnelled & grim with her 800 men aboard & the admiral on the bridge looked fine - There was a immense mob of men watching us as we went slowly round - Our old cow is bad to handle but we managed to keep in line - Herbert took a snap shot at my instigation 2 in fact & then we 3 went to Raboul