Item 01: R. T. Vowles diary, 22 August 1915-23 February 1916 - Page 71
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side is of considerable size, of a dark brown colour with many deep ravines running down from the top crests that are much like volcanic mountains, evidently washed there by many rains. The shores are steep & no visible signs of life.
Pass several steamers & at dinner time the transport Borda from Adelaide SA caught us up & passed on port side. She left Fremantle on 17/1/16 & had already caught us up & passed us. Naturally the sigs got into communication with the other troops by means of flags & found out all the particulars about her very soon, & were stopped by a snivelling officer who cries that we had blocked an official message twice – Rats he could not read it, is more like the truth . Some of the sigs on the Borda however sent all the news, one even climbing a ventilator & signalling with one arm & holding on with the other. She had 1500 troops on board. A naval man then got upon