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September 27th 1915

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Frank Read
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Usual Routine in forenoon. Cook of Mess. Played for Reservces v 1st Div. Stokers in afternoon. Won 4-2. (Shot 2). Ship played “Queen Mary” in League and won 1-0.

 September 27th 1915


September 27th 1915

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September 26th 1915

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Usual Sunday Routine. 

September 26th 1915

September 26th 1915

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September 25th 1915

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Raining hard all afternoon. Cleaned ship. Make & mend in afternoon. 

September 25th 1915

September 25th 1915

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September 24th 1915

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Exercise Action in forenoon. Told off to work with gunner’s party. Spongeing out guns and filling bays (?) with tracer 4 in.

September 24th 1915

September 24th 1915

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September 23rd 1915

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Usual Routine. 

September 23rd 1915

September 23rd 1915

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September 22nd 1915

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Shifted back to old mooring where buoy had been placed. 

September 22nd 1915

September 22nd 1915

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September 21st 1915

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4″ drill in forenoon. Landed in afternoon.

September 21st 1915

September 21st 1915

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September 20th 1915

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Boat keeper of Sailing Pinnace all day. Boat used for Diving Party. Running nearly all day. “New Zealand’s” foretopmen beat our foretopmen in cutter race. Followed race in forenoon. Make & mend in afternoon.

September 20th 1915

September 20th 1915

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September 19th 1915

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Usual Sunday Routine.

September 19th 1915

September 19th 1915

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September 18th 1915

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Saturday Routine. Scrubbed decks with sand. Make & mend in afternoon. 

September 18th 1915

September 18th 1915

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