Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 54
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[Page 54]
Saty - Sept 19th One month of 4 weeks up to - day - Well I've seen & heard a good deal in the past month & I've endeavored to give you an account of it - This morning a swim at the pier head - There are 2 piers - Berrima is at one but the other is bare - A lot of us took a boat & went & jumped off into 20 or more feet of water - Sharks you'll say - Well we didn't see any - Tell Rawdon I ran & jumped for all I was worth & did enjoy it - Of course there were men from other boats - Went in pyjamas – hatless - Made some niggers pull us back - A Chow came off & we'll get washing done – the 1st chance we'v had - I read Grote about Philip of Macedon 'the great aggressor of his age' Reads almost like 'Bill of Germany' doesn't it?= Its hot & close - The men are going in the cutter to bathe - We officers are writing & reading - The Buz is – that gun fire pooped AE1 & it may be they are prisoners of war - A small pinnace with a wrecked nordenfelt has been found near where she was last seen - A gun had been mounted on a point of an island - That's sure - & the burning & wrecking are quite recent - We have this from the Encounter who found it all out - The pinnace had been set on fire & abandoned - Further search everywhere among the natives is to be forthwith instituted -