Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 78
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[Page 78]
Australian detention depots while plantation & store are left to guide their own destiny - We went off to the old Upolu & put in a quiet eveng - At 10 pm a rifle shot rang out & soon another - A boat had evidently not answered our challenge - The night was murky dark & you mustn't go fooling round a fleet in the dark in war time I can tell you -
A native policeman here was challenged by a sentry on his approach & cleared out at the double instead of standing still - A bullet ended his career promptly for the sentry - quite rightly - shot him dead =
Talking of prisoners here is a funny thing - At night a lot of Germans are locked up & guarded by acting native police & in the morning they are let out - The Germans then run these natives don't suppose (They're not the regular police niggers) all the day & again at night are collected – marched to barracks & locked up for the night by their servants - Masters by day – Serfs at night & vice versa -