Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 48
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[Page 48]
in the Kagakaul Scrap - 1 shot in the leg & the other thro the elbow dividing his ulnar nerve - I also saw my friend the chow who I had sent off in the night to S - S - Melbourne - I am glad I didn't tackle him on my own -
Horsfall comes the PMO in great style over the boys & nurses - No shore leave allowed - All letters to be left open for the censor - The C. wd smile if he saw & read mine which he wont - He's told me how to stop fever & fluxes on board - I mildly said "On the Robert D - Lee each & every man – individually & collectively wd - assault me & life is sweet & besides that we aren't a doctor ship – we are - - Submarines"
I tell you the Granala is a top notch – pukker ship – not a cigarette must be smoked on the holy stoNed decks - No - give me – the damned dirty – rusty old Upolu with its work & its swear words & its drinking & its fun -
Thursday Sept 17th – 14 - Lunch is over - I generally write after lunch which is at the ungodly hour of 12 - What is the 'buz' to day - No word of the AE1 - An inquiry is to be held - Stoker still thinks she was potted by the enemy - He scoffs at any idea of internal explosion or a floating mine or a rock - AE2 went out all yesterday & came back last night - There was no visible effect on any of the men - They talked – laughed – joked & carried on just as usual