Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 79
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[Page 79]
glided sweetly along side the pier & they all wait for me to get out – We're in uniform which is a damned nuisance for every soldier or every other one salutes you & you have to salute in return & you get fed up after a bit – never – mind – We managed to coal on the one day – I was out for 2 hours in the aft & got caught in a tremendous rain fall – I took refuge in a Chinese laundry & sat there an hour & a half – Coaling & drinking in the ward room go hand in hand – We were up alongside the Eastern & the hospitality & conviviality was immense – One officer will get scrubbed for overdoing himself – Fitz tells me that when a lad of 17 he could take a bottle of whisky a day & thought nothing of it. !!!! – He's taken to me & I dined with him Monday night & last night he again sent for me – I got him to play Bridge – we are going to start learning Auction so as to