Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 100
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[Page 100]
All those ships are named after a shell. Elax is a species of Shell – Look it up in 'Mollusca' book – Then to Fantome – At once off to Yarra – Examd – 3 men – Malaria – Ordered them to Hosp & volunteered to take charge – Did so & learnt a bit about transport – Got them safe there & saw all well with them – Then to Yarra – lunch with Keetly (Commander) then – at his request – I addressed the Ships Company – On Malaria – On water & Japanese ladies – Talked hard for five minutes to the men & probably did a bit of good – Then to the Fantome & did up mail – Young Nunn I saw this am – you must wait for those medals but his mail wh I gave him went – He's in grand health – He's a Sergeant too – Goodbye – No word as to our destination so far but S.C & self all well.