Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 102
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[Page 102]
Friday Jan 15-15. Journal Part 6 – The S.S. Morinda has gone out & we I feel free – The Warrego & Parramatta have come in – What is our next move? – I don't know –
I went to the Beach at 4 pm on Thursday & went to two hospitals & held converse – ribald & otherwise – with young Captains of the Medical Staff – Their moan is like own – A Commissariat moan – no supplies in Rabaul – nothing to be had for love or money – Why a ship was not run fortnightly between Townsville & Rabaul & fresh provisions – tinned fruit & the hundred & one necessities of life brought up God alone knows? – Why have men to lie on the floor of verandahs & rooms? – men down with malaria – Why not have sent up 200 beds – in 3 pieces & a thin fibre mattress – Four nurses are up from Townsville – Twenty are wanted – Where's the Grantala? She'd be some use now with her 200 cots & swank staff – Here are all the Destroyers in & no fresh meat for the men