Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 96
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[Page 96]
Thursday Oct 1
Nothing doing - We went up alongside the Aorangi for water - Got none or very little I believe - This morning at 7 am we went out into the bay & anchored Elms & Blayney – two of our absent officers – rejoined us last eveg - Elms had been in the Sumatra – a prize fitted with a gun in her bows & used for patrol work - Blayney had been skipper of another prize the Madang & used to carry the military & stores to Herbershohe - Elms has a keen sense of humor & is a most enjoyable chap - He said he was glad to be back for he had been afraid they might be arrested for 'loitering' - He had also recommended that a gun should be put in the stern of the Sumatra – she must run he remarked & we could poop the enemy & the recoil wd - shoot us ahead an extra 5 knots for a bit - He can drink & talk some - I can vouch for it - Captains Moore & Stoker put off to a 'pow wow' on the flagship at 9.30 - What transpired we haven't been told so here we are marking time - All leave stopped - Its Oct 1st - My ship's Company & that of AE2 & the Protector are all well - I returned my only anxious case (Murray) at 2.30 yesterday by the mail boat to Sydney - He wants a little retail attention by means of Radium or a surgical operation of a delicate nature & I am sure no one here could do that so thoroughly as in a big Sydney hospital -