17th April 1915

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Getting quite used to a sailors life, we are still anchored in a harbour off the island of Lymnos waiting patiently for instructions to take us to the front. We have been hearing things about the turks & their movements preparing us for the fray.

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Transport ships lined up at anchor in Lemnos Harbour. The Aegean island of Lemnos, along with the smaller islands of Imbros and Tenedos, were lent to the Allies as a base during operations on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

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