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<p class="page" id="a5658006">[Page 6]</p><p>tonight with a pair of <strike>horse</strike> hair clippers and a deck broom and when they come across a chap who hasn't the Military Cut (like a convict) they take off enough to spoil the look of it, then brush it with the broom. I am one of the lucky ones because as I mentioned in a letter I wrote to you a day or so ago I had mine cut but didn't get any deserts afterwards. We were boxing again this morning and life belt drill this evening. The work is very light in fact its a holiday altogether. Contrary to my expectations I have not come across vermin yet, that is very good considering it is a troopship. I forgot to mention that the Ceramic is known also as the A.40. That is her Naval Name. also the other Batt & Reinforcements on board. There are the 17th R. 2nd Batt (Old Coota Boys who left Coota for Sydney while I was there). The 2nd R. 56th Batt (Ourselves) 2nd R. 55 Batt. 2nd R. 54 Batt and the 4th Batt. (Queenslanders). The 2nd R of the 55th Batt are the Kangaroos who marched from Wagga Wagga (NSW) to Goulburn (NSW) a distance of about 155 miles. 22nd. We have now been at sea a week and are just about clear of Australian Waters. We got into Albany on 12 oclock midnight of the 20th-21st. We were not allowed ashore but I and 10 others managed it</p>