Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 112
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After a bit No 1 Pay & self left for a walk – I was guide & took them right round the Gardens & showed them a lot – No 1 (Nelson) is – like me – from Norwich – Very good hearted & queerly intelligent – you'd think he's a fool but he's keenly intelligent in a limited range – He wont try mental excursions – I handed him a Spectator – "A bit too much for me he said" – "You know I don't understand it" "I don't think I'll mind thank you" I'm not given much to heavy reading & so on – Almost every naval man is the same – He was interested – Pay was frankly bored to death – However we blew in at the Officers mess & had aft tea & sat back & talked – Why is Camaraderie so much more marked in the navy than the army? No 1 gave an efficient answer – Because a sailor don't care a dam for anybody or anything & says what he thinks – Boat form Yarra for me – Went to the Destroyer & shifted 4 men into their whaler & off I went to the shore -