Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 64
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[Page 64]
We are right away to the N of New Ireland in straits called after Byron after (Admiral B) – you don't travel by night – only by day – You have a man always up at the foretop & the foretop & the bridge are joined up by telephone – These parts are very little visited – What impresses me is the hugeness of the pictures – the vastness of Nature's masterpieces – You can – from a boat – view the sea bottom – coral – all coral – Coral with green tipped prongs – purple tippedowls prongs – so beautiful in life but dull grey in death – When we bathe we wear sand shoes or your feet wd soon be cut to pieces – in addition you may put your foot on a sea hedgehog & then you'll know it – One or two did that at Rabaul & where the spines entered lay remained dark marks –
We've 2 police boys & a prisoner on board. The prisoner is said to have made 'Kiki' of his mother in law – He looks a ferocious sort of chap –