Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 155
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We met a 'Sumatra' chap – He asked us where we'd been – we were dirty & torn & sun – Up Die Mutter we said – He said Come & have a drink – N & I had a bottle each of Lager – Well this was A1 & privately I told Nelson we ought to go round the fleet & say we'd been up Die Mutter. However we sent a signal to the Fantome & got a boat & inboard by 2 pm – I jumped into the Ditch to cool off & had a very good time – Bumpus & Gauntlet – cursing loudly because I woke & splashed them blow their scuttles "with very big feet" – at least so they said – I I did not know about it at the time –
I had a second go in the Ditch with Fitz about 5.30 & went to bed early – Die Mutter is the big volcano that towers over Rabaul – you look over sea & island & the main lands of New Britain & New Ireland. The view is superb but you must earn it, by a couple of hours, even 3 – of hard physical graft –