Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 146
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We went to a Garrison sing song & then to the Club & had Beer – Ajax becoming declamatory & telling his press news & vaunting up Old England & the militia & Hull – we went off to the Beach – Who goes there? Friend – Advance friend & we got to our boat & to the Fantome & then gave Ajax a night cap & sent him to his own Elax – Ajax wants looking after ashore – at sea he's reliable enough but ashore he's adrift – Ajax gave me potatoes & onions & has promised me more pig – Ajax likes me & I understand these Sailor men & their ways –
Thursday Jan 28-15 – Fantome went down Simpson Hafen 4 miles to Matupi to coal – We shall take some days at it I fancy – The Una came in last night – Here we are – 5 ships of war – What's our next job? We got up alongside the Matupi pier – then Fitz & I went to the hot springs & bathed – Boiling salt water issuing from the rocks & steaming & smellful like a laundry -