Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 70
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[Page 70]
draw their pay regularly – from our government - Seems queer don't it? They got 2 month's advance report says - 4 Companies – 120 to a C - of soldiers – our men – & some 500 men – remain in Raboul - They picket the place & look after it generally - Colonel Paton is in charge - Brigadier Holmes has gone to Wilhelms Haven with the Berrima - Next we saw the native police - Some 20 in number paraded – rifles & a costume of Kharki with red braid for a loose tunic - Some had pants – others only loin cloths - However they did their drill smartly - Their Sergeant was a fine buck Papuan who yelled at his small squad in the most efficiently manner & was obeyed in the promptest manner - Off they marched - We then boarded the prize - the Madang - I went thro their medicine chest & got some Quinine - She was captured on the high seas & will be sold - They say all prizes will be sold & the prize money allotted to the Fleet - [indecipherable] shall have mine if I get any at the end of the war -