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S.S. Mahia
​At Sea

Dear Mother

In less than 24 hours this good ship blows into Melbourne and N.S.W. diggers dont know whether they will be allowed ashore so I'm scribbling this so as I can give it to someone to post for me.

Well we have had a great trip and we all find the Mahia a good home.  She certainly is a real credit to good old Cockatoo Island where she was fitted out.  We sailed from Devonport on 5 June, a beautiful warm sunny day.  The harbour was pretty well full of warships from the big dreadnoughts to the tiniest destroyers, and as we wormed our way through several of these bull dogs such as the Lion Thunderer Centurion & others the Jock Tars lined & swarmed all

 

 

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