Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 58
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[Page 58]
we had from that verandah - We promised to call again & I mean to - Then we went on – some 5 minutes - & arrived at the Governors residence – a fine house – fine verandah – fine cane lounges & chairs & all occupied by Tommies - A wireless station is being erected & here we met 2 of our Submarine chaps who were at work on it – 'Sparks' & Patterson - The Tommies had looted the place – Buz is that the detachment sent out to this – the furthest outpost – not only looted & smashed but drank 50!! cases of champagne & hock & then went through the place & rolled 2 twenty pounders down the hill side & played Hell generally - They forced open drawers with their bayonets & collared the governors clothes, cash, & everything in the place - What the authorities were about beats me - The officer in command was blind drunk - It must have been a wild scene that night - There's martial law here & the Provost Marshall is