Part 01: Rupert Nixon letters, 28 November 1914-2 October 1917 - Page 30
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our of ours can run 100 yds in 10 seconds which is a b little slower than these champions; the other event is the signalling race & the man who is getting this is the best signaller in the Commonwealth & there was a long bit in the Age on Wednesday about him & his records.
We going aboard the ships on or about the 21st of December & sail Christmas Eve & will tell you later what particular ship we are going by & I think it will be the Ceramic which is taking 2,000 men.
On Wednesday we had been out all day & when we got back to camp in the afternoon we were all lined up and the colonel came up & said, "Officers & men of the 13th Battalion I have some good news for you all" & we all thought he was going to give us general leave, but it was only to tell us the news of the naval victory in which