Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 188
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[Page 188]
about – Lane the transferred Paymaster is a good man & Gordon & Gauntlett real good sober men particularly Gordon – Gordon, Bumpus & Davies are far & away better than the rest – a very solid trio –
We've had prisoners – One refused duty & one insulted his Superior officer (Both these men are deserters & rejoined at the war - ) We've several weary & stiff whom I shall nominate to the authorities & recommend for Discharge – One will be [indecipherable] Johnson –
Sunday 7.30 am. 21st-7-1915- We are up – going at this moment to No 9 Buoy for Anchorage – 7 days & 16 hours out from Rabaul - Saty we steamed magnificently & all went very well indeed – We were all up – dressed in clean white & on the quarterdeck soon after 6 am – We passed the Heads at 7 – I've been 6 months in the Navy to-morrow =
11 am Mails have arrived – I have one from Rawdon & three from you – Papers galore – Give Rawdon my love & say his shooting was all right – I have no more cartridges but they can be got 6 – a packet – anywhere – Sing or Utz –