Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 65
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[Page 65]
all were – keen good men with splendid physique – the physique if several of them struck me very much - After supper we went top side – more drinks – cocktails damnable drinks in my opinion - Give me whisky & soda – iced & I'm happy - Naval men consume more cocktails than I ever saw outside New York - After sunset you may indulge but before that hour is, in my humble opinion foolish in most instances - However its war time & we maynt get together again & that accounts for a good bit - Boats to H. M.S. Sydney & Parramatta & the show is over -
Monday Sept 21
We are alongside the Australia our flag ship filling our water tanks – good business for we'v been short - We lag on her starboard side till 3 pm - I got in board & called on the PMO Dr Caw - He has 3 men under him - Ramsay Smith of Adelaide – Hornibrook of Melbourne & and an Edinburgh man who was keen on aboriginal skulls - I told him the yarn of McGregh & the German chap in New Guinea