Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 97
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[Page 97]
Friday Oct 2 – 1914
Nothing doing – a good swim at 7 am - At 8.30 AE2 was signaled 'get ready to go out' - This order was eagerly & promptly obeyed - Presently another signal came which washed out everything - All the war ships including the Montcalm went out yesterday aftn - they came back at noon to - day - Some of the NOs growl at things in general & at havy nothing to do - As we don't know all the factors of the game & are not in a position to judge I think to grouse at your superiors shows great want of judgment not to say common sense & I steadily say so - We may have to wait – inactive & sluggish – but it's all a part of the game – the jolly rapid bits are – like plums – few & far between -
Its far better to be here than lurking Germans in the North Sea anyway amid rain & slush & fog – with destroyers by night & submarines by day seeking to sink you -
About 1 - 30 pm a gun was fired on the flag ship - There is to be a court martial at 4 pm & its part of the service routine for one gun to be fired - Who is to be potted we don't know but a court martial in war time is a serious matter - Ashore there's nothing doing Major JColonelPaton H.of staff told me when I was bathing - The Berrima hopes to go round to Europe eventually leaving of course detachments her & at Herbertshohe & Wilhelm Haven -
Captain Twynam belongs to F Company - A Comp = 14 Officers & 110 men - C & Non C