Item 01: R. T. Vowles diary, 22 August 1915-23 February 1916 - Page 127
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[Page 127]
returned to sleep 2.15am
It being necessary to sleep on one's back in a hammock it causes many dreams & recently it has been the first topic to discuss on waking, what a time one has being having at home (in their sleep) I dreamt of a woman trying to kill everyone with the mess table's french knife & fork, also that all the sigs were killed by iron boulders falling on them from Strathfield Rwy Station & many other equally stupid dreams. Eric often wakes up with a taste in his mouth as he says like the bottom of a cocky's cage. I quote him pretty often here but his sayings are so original & practical that they are well worth hearing.
8am on watch again until 10am on boat deck. Sun very hot but sea smooth. This afternoon the old game of the stewards & others concerned in the issue of stores is exploded. For the past few days it has been possible to obtain a cup of hot coffee with milk & sugar at any time up to breakfast for 3d a cup. The same applying from 4pm to tea time. It is now exploded, the fact being that this