Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 198
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[Page 198]
Sunday Nov 8 - 14 I'll just narrate the sequence of events up to noon - At 5.30 we were to go alongside & take in water - We got under weigh & then got orders to go back to our old position - We did so & anchored - Immense fuming on the Captain's part - At 10 we heard that Patterson was to go inboard the Parramatta & the P & Warrego & AE2 to proceed to Sydney & we to remain where we were - At 10 .30 we saw – from the deck of the Upolu – the Pta & Wg & AE2 steam out of the harbor – bound for Sydney - Immense & loudly expressed disgust by Captain & Chief Officer - Silence by everyone else - It is said the original idea was – for the Upolu to join up this convoy & if we were slow AE2 wd go into Noumea - Let her men go ashore & then wait till we came up -
Well it's the other wy & now here we all are waiting for fresh orders - Its glorious weather & all is well on board - I am as you see shorn of both my Submarines – one lost – the other leaky & must be docked & overhauled before she dives anymore - You people will wonder where we are if its generally known that AE2 is at Garden Island -