Item 02: Frank Hurley war diary, 28 October 1917-24 January 1918 - Page 30
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[Page 30]
vessels are heavily burdened which caused them to plunge and labor in the heavy sea. Owing to our unruly motion, and storing conditions, very few passengers have put in an appearance. We are steering an elusive course, and by dead reckoning should be, somewhere off the S W Coast of Ireland. Our approximate course has been W by Nth and we are making for Gibraltar!
During dinner I had a note passed in to me from one of the Engineers inviting me along to his cabin. Accepting the invitation, I discovered the sender to be none other than an old friend, Mabey, I last saw him in Sydney four years ago.
26th November 17
Weather calmed and with it a reappearance of the greater number of "Mal-de-mers"
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